Pope Francis

Ten years on: Pope Francis needs our prayers

ten years ago, jorge mario bergoglio stood on the balcony of st peter’s in rome, and said simply to the waiting crowd, “buono sera”, and ask...
The Catholic Herald

Liverpool and Leeds crack down on Latin Mass in parish churches

the bishops of liverpool and leeds have cancelled traditional latin masses in their parish churches in the wake of further restrictions on a...
Simon Caldwell

Letter from Rome: the Roche rescript comes with all the zeal of Saul the Pharisee

cardinal arthur roche, prefect of the dicastery for divine worship and the discipline of the sacraments (photo: marcin mazur) vatican city s...
Diana Montagna

'Almost no sign' of international response in Syria

a catholic charity’s projects coordinator reporting from the scene of the devastating earthquakes has said that there is little, if any, evi...
Staff Reporter

Pope Francis prays for Nicaraguan bishop imprisoned for 26 years for trumped-up treason charges

pope francis has expressed his grief at the jailing of a nicaraguan catholic bishop for 26 years on trumped-up charges of treason. the ponti...
Simon Caldwell

Nicaraguan bishop jailed for 26 years after he spurns offer of exile in United States

the nicaraguan dictatorship has sent a catholic bishop to jail for 26 years for treason after he refused to board a plane to take him into e...
Simon Caldwell

Prayers are more powerful than bullets, Pope tells young on final day in Congo

pope francis has urged the young africans to reject corruption, war and violence on the final day of his visit to congo. “prayer is the most...
Staff Reporter

Benedict XVI's care for catechism and catechists

nobody can compare with joseph ratzinger, both as cardinal and pope, for his hawk-like surveillance of and attention towards formation of th...
Dr Caroline Farey

Galileo is not the atheists’ posterboy

in our generation the myth that faith and science are incompatible – meaning that no intelligent person should believe in god – has been pus...
Gavin Ashenden

The American playwright Christopher Durang may help us understand

the news that the american catholic playwright christopher durang has been diagnosed with aphasia and is retiring from theatrical activity m...
Benjamin Ivry