Pope Francis

Pope calls for regulation of global financial markets

pope francis released his prayer intention for the month of may on tuesday, encouraging catholics to pray for “the world of finance.” the po...

Explainer: What changes to Vatican law did Pope Francis make last week (and what difference will they make)?

pope francis looks on during christmas greetings to the roman curia on december 21, 2019. (andrew medichini/pool/afp via getty images) &nbsp...

Ecuadorian bishops circle wagons after resignation of Riobamba bishop, coadjutor

the bishops of ecuador gathered in riobamba, 2018. image credit: bishops' conference of ecuador.   bishop, coadjutor of ecuadorian see ...

Eduardo Campos Lima

All Ireland that Froze for Want of Europe

irish novelist francis macmanus (c), with  irish writer, broadcaster and abbey theatre director, robert farren (r) at the palace bar in...

Pope Francis appeals for peace in Myanmar

pope francis is asking catholics to pray for peace in myanmar. in remarks following the public recitation of the regina coeli on sunday, pop...

Habits of prayer

sarah sands’ recent book, the interior silence: 10 lessons from monastic life , was reviewed in these pages last month. elsewhere in the iss...

Serenhedd James

Haunted by Franco

last days in cleaver square patrick mcgrath   hutchinson, £16.99, 240 pages ________ patrick mcgrath’s father, an irish catholic, was m...

Holy Knights: Meeting the Order of the Holy Sepulchre

it was, i think, at westminster cathedral that i encountered the order of the holy sepulchre: it was the mantillas that did it for me. the k...

Melanie McDonagh

Apostasy of the Elites

when the celebrated monsignor robert hugh benson published his utopia the dawn of all in 1911, he was answering critics who said that his 19...

Wounded Bishop-elect in South Sudan Undeterred

bishop-elect christian carlassare mcci. photo courtesy fr. carlassare.   bishop-elect of rumbek strikes defiant tone, arrests made in c...