Pope Francis

Pope sends two cardinals to Ukraine as he laments 'rivers of blood and tears'

pope francis condemned russia’s invasion of ukraine and expressed his solidarity with the country on sunday. “rivers of blood and tears are ...

Pope ends impasse over Order of Malta

pope francis has directly intervened to end an impasse between the vatican and the sovereign military order of malta over controversial refo...

Pope pleads for Church to dedicate Ash Wednesday as day of fasting and prayer for peace in Ukraine

pope francis has renewed his appeal for the entire catholic church to dedicate ash wednesday as a day of prayer and fasting for peace in ukr...

Rescusants revisited

an aristocratic catholic friend once told me that his father would refer to a co-religionist landowner as “cousin x”, despite the family con...

An entertaining masterpiece that reveals sides of an extraordinary woman never before seen

maria theresa: the habsburg empress in her time barbara stollberg-rilinger, translated by robert savage princeton university press, £35, 110...

Francis Bacon: the body and blood

the royal academy has been transformed for francis bacon: man and beast. there are no more cheerful cascades of summer exhibition paintings;...

Lucien de Guise

Russia’s Catholic bishops call on leaders to end conflict with Ukraine

the catholic bishops’ conference of russia has called on political leaders to end the conflict with ukraine. in a feb. 24  message , th...

Hannah Brockhaus

Italian court blocks referendum on assisted suicide because of risk to 'weak and vulnerable'

italy’s constitutional court has blocked a referendum to decriminalise physician-assisted suicide in the country, citing inadequate legal pr...

Hannah Brockhaus

Assisted suicide and euthanasia can never be a substitute for good palliative care, says Pope Francis

dying patients need palliative care and not euthanasia or assisted suicide, pope francis has said. at his general audience in the vatican’s ...

Pope Emeritus Benedict apologises to abuse victims while advisers defend his handling of cases

pope emeritus benedict xvi personally requested forgiveness from abuse survivors in a letter responding to a report that faulted his handlin...