Pope Francis

Humanae Vitae: have the first shots been fired in a coming war?

italy’s current birthrate is 392,598 newborns per year, a staggering 30 percent drop since 2008, unsustainably low for any country. to avert...

Sciaf chief appointed to lead Caritas six months after mass sackings

the executive director of sciaf, the overseas aid agency of the scottish bishops, has been elected as head of caritas internationalis six mo...

Leading Catholics and rabbis agree: help terminally ill, reject assisted suicide

leading israeli rabbis and catholic church leaders have signed a joint declaration on the ethics of treating the terminally ill, and rejecti...

King Alfred's nun-daughter – Æthelgifu: First Saxon Abbess, by Deborah M Jones

æthelgifu: first saxon abbess deborah m jones independently published, £7.99, 188 pages recent years have seen the royal women of anglo-saxo...

Pope cracked down on Latin Mass to halt ideological 'restorationism'

pope francis has said he launched the latest crackdown against access to the traditional latin mass because the old rite was being misused “...

Catholics and the King: Charles III and matters of faith

the king can offer leadership in a world that seems hostile to faith, says james somerville-meikle in his journal of a soul , pope john xxii...

James Somerville-Meikle

Pope Francis upholds Catholic ban on contraception

pope francis has sent a message to a natural family planning (nfp) conference in which he upheld the central teachings of humanae vitae, the...

Why Pope Francis chose Hungary for his speech on 'ideological colonisation'

a year or two ago i speculated about whether pope francis had intended a snub to hungarian prime minister viktor orbán by only visiting...

Pope denounces 'colonisation' of gender ideology and abortion on trip to Hungary

pope francis has spoken out strongly against abortion and gender ideology during a visit to hungary, citing both as examples of “ideological...

DeSantis is right about the death penalty - in some cases it can be morally justified

catholic organisations have called a new florida law that ends the unanimous jury requirement in death penalty sentencing “stunning” and a “...