Pope Francis

Portugal draws inspiration from the martyrs of Morocco

pope francis has granted the diocese of coimbra, in central portugal, a jubilee year which began on january 12 and will run until january 17...

Filipe D'Avillez

Dialogue and drones: the US Church reflects on Soleimani

the american drone strike that killed an iranian general on january 3 prompted calls for peace from catholic leaders in the us, and a debate...

A twist in the Tafida story

the directors of the gaslini children’s hospital in genoa last week called a press conference about progress in the condition of one of thei...

The European project according to Pope Francis

one line in pope francis’s “state of the world” address to diplomats last week really stood out, regarding the disaster that struck notre-da...

Christopher R. Altieri

World news: from Covington to Caracas

covington, kentucky cnn reaches settlement with covington student   cnn has reached an undisclosed settlement with nick sandmann, a ken...

Meanwhile: Two popes, two nominations

you wait ages for an actor to receive an oscar nomination for playing the pope, and then two come along at once. jonathan pryce has been nom...

The big story: Benedict XVI defends celibacy amid authorship furore

what happened? pope emeritus benedict xvi has entered the debate over the future of the priesthood, contributing to a book by cardinal rober...

The celibacy book deserves a more serious response

on sunday, the french newspaper le figaro made a startling announcement. the pope emeritus benedict xvi had contributed to a book defending ...

The Catholic Herald

Mike Pence to meet Pope Francis in Vatican next week

us vice president mike pence will travel to the vatican next week to meet pope francis. pence’s office confirmed with cna on thursday that t...

Scotland's Bishop Robson responds to allegation of plagiarism

a scottish bishop accused of committing plagiarism in his doctoral dissertation told cna that while he never intentionally committed any act...