Pope Francis

World Youth Day and the cementing of the Vatican-Lisbon axis

with six cardinals and pope francis visiting next month, william cash heads to lisbon to investigate the new special relationship between po...

The consistory of a pope in a hurry

rome – a consistory, the event in which a pope creates new cardinals, is always a carefully choreographed bit of theatre, with production va...

Bishop of Hong Kong, Patriarch of Jerusalem and Archbishop Fernández among new cardinals announced by Pope Francis

rome. the bishop of hong kong, bishop stephen chow sj ( pictured ), the latin patriarch of jerusalem, archbishop pierbattista pizzaballa and...

The Catholic Herald

Exclusive interview: Stella Assange on her husband, faith and meeting Pope Francis

on the 30 june, stella assange and her two children were granted a private audience with pope francis at the vatican. mrs assange ...

Anthony McCarthy

EXCLUSIVE: I'm here to enforce the 'recent' Magisterium, says Archbishop Fernández

rome – pope francis’s new top theological advisor has attempted to reassure voices in the united states and elsewhere who’ve questioned his ...

Top Vatican correspondents join Catholic Herald amid collaboration with Crux

two of the world’s most respected vatican correspondents are to join the  catholic herald  as part of major deal uniting global gi...

Why the Council of Trent still matters today

the cambridge companion to the council of trent nelson h minnich (ed) cambridge university press, £29.99, 351 pages the opening paragraph of...

Serenhedd James

Pope Francis hosts Bill Clinton and foundation head Alex Soros

pope francis met with former u.s. president bill clinton in a private audience at the casa santa marta papal residence on wednesday. clinton...

Pope's new orthodoxy chief hits out at critics of his book about kissing

the new head of a major vatican department has defended a controversial book he wrote about kissing when he was a young priest. argentine ar...

The untold tale of Tolkien's faith

fr michael ward on a new book exploring the writer’s spiritual side. i became a catholic in no small part because of jrr tolkien. raised as ...

Fr Michael Ward