Pope Francis

Oh, for a clearer walk with God

from time to time, the lectionary – the three-yearly cycle of bible readings laid down by the church for sunday mass – poses a particular ch...

Cardinal Dolan outlines 7 ‘non-negotiables’ for the Synod on Synodality

new york city, n.y., oct 19, 2021 / 17:09 pm in an effort to explain pope francis’ vision for the synod on synodality for his flock, cardina...

Catholic Herald October Issue

leaders the synod needs you mass appeal should be for everyone vocations need not be consigned to the past diary – adam dant columns long di...

The Catholic Herald

October Diary: Reflecting on the plight of refugees

i was in vienna for a few days last month and kept seeing the stumbling stones, brass cobbles with the names and dates of death of the jews ...

Anna Somers Cocks

The remarkable restoration of St Birinus, Dorchester-upon-Thames

st birinus, probably a monk of st andrew’s benedictine monastery on the caelian hill in rome, was ordered by pope honorius i to england in 6...

Minding our language

i have bad news for you: the anglo-saxons didn’t exist. i realise you may have studied them or taught classes about them, but the fact remai...

Mass appeal should be for everyone

one of the pope’s titles is that of pontifex, or bridge builder. it is an aspect of his office that pope francis might reflect on when it co...

The Catholic Herald

Pope to declare St Irenaeus of Lyon the 'Doctor of Unity'

pope francis has announced that he plans to declare st irenaeus of lyon a doctor of the church with the title “doctor unitatis,” meaning “do...

Pope's 'moment of shame' as vast scale of child abuse in French Church is revealed

a bombshell report which claimed french priests, and teachers and lay workers sexually abused a third of a million children since 1950 repre...

Following St Francis

on 4 october 2003, the feast day of saint francis, i arrived in santiago de compostela, having completed the camino frances, the pilgrimage ...