Pope Francis

Pope Francis is well-intentioned but misguided when he talks about migrants

last week president emmanuel macron hosted two prestigious figures to france and one proved more problematical than the other.  king ch...
Gavin Mortimer

'As art degenerates around us, so too does unity in the Church'

“there is a separate entrance for those who are uncomfortable squeezing through the nude performers,” says bbc entertainment reporter steven...
Katherine Bennett

Pope in Marseille sent secular Europe a clear message on life

rome – although the issue of migration was front and centre during his overnight visit to marseille, pope francis sent another strong messag...
Elise Ann Allen

Pope Francis in Marseille: migrants should be viewed as gifts, not as a burden

marseille – after a week of rising tensions within europe amid a surge in migrant arrivals, with some countries, including france, taking me...
Elise Allen

Pope in Marseille condemns 'velvet gloved' indifference to migrants

since pope francis in july 2013 first visited the small italian island of lampedusa, a primary destination for migrants seeking entry in eur...
Elise Allen

‘Take that, schismatics!’

the right and the left in america are equally partisan about pope francis. whatever else has occurred during the present papacy, the catholi...
Ken Craycraft

Papal envoy in leopard print vestment causes social media frenzy

rome – a veteran vatican diplomat recently became a brief cause célèbre in italy after images of him celebrating mass in a leopard print cha...
Crux Staff

Alleged Rupnik victims say Church's pledge of 'zero tolerance' for sex abuse is mere PR campaign

rome – an open letter signed by five alleged victims of father marko rupnik, a former jesuit and renowned slovenian artist, asserts that rec...
Crux Staff

Critics are wrong to accuse Pope Pius XII of inactivity during Holocaust

pope john xxiii, that short-serving but consequential pontiff – he was in office for less than five years, but was responsible for convening...
Niall Gooch

Condemning Russell Brand will not change the warped culture of relativism which created him

it’s presumptuous of me to begin by quibbling with shakespeare, but he’s dead and i’m feeling a bit kicky this morning. “what’s in a name?” ...
Katherine Bennett