Pope Francis

Saving children’s lives

we won, we won, we won, repeated shelina begum in a near state of shock, and blinking back tears as mr justice macdonald announced that her ...
Simon Caldwell

Seeing and believing

from cinema’s earliest days, filmmakers have been attracted to the subject of the bible. the scriptures appealed for a variety of reasons. t...
Matthew Page

Faithful unto death

in the mid-1950s, the composer francis poulenc was commissioned to write a new opera. his choice of story – the martyrdom of a group of carm...
Archie Hill

Pope names new Archbishop of Paris

pope francis has named archbishop laurent ulrich as the new catholic archbishop of paris. ulrich, the archbishop of lille, northern france, ...
CNA Staff

Pope Francis shares 'apprehension' over German synodal path, says senior Vatican cardinal

a top cardinal at the vatican has confirmed pope francis’ apprehension about germany’s “synodal path,” cardinal kurt koch  said that cr...
CNA Staff

Pope Francis begins Holy Week with call for Easter truce in Ukraine

pope francis has called for an east truce in ukraine. he said on palm sunday 2022 that nothing is impossible for god, who has the power to e...
Hannah Brockhaus

German cardinal admits blessing gay couples and calls for Church teaching on homosexuality to change

a german cardinal has admitted to blessing couples in same-sex relationships and has called for a change in catholic teaching on homosexuali...
Simon Caldwell

After the FSSP’s dispensation from Traditiones Custodes, how firm is the ground on which the Ecclesia Dei institutes rest?

reeling from two blows to liturgical traditionalists in july and december 2021, the priestly fraternity of saint peter (fssp) attained a deg...
Tom Colsy

Fearing is believing

‘the only thing we have to fear is fear itself”. so said franklin d roosevelt in his 1933 inauguration speech. he was paraphrasing the ameri...
Constance Watson

‘A radical expression of faith’

last year was the 500th anniversary of the battle of pamplona, the occasion when a cannonball shattered the leg of a basque gentleman soldie...
Melanie McDonagh