Pope Francis

Vatican: Pope Francis not in favor of optional priestly celibacy

a vatican spokesman has said that pope francis’ position on priestly celibacy is “known,” quoting the pontiff’s remarks in a january 2019 pr...
Hannah Brockhaus/CNA

Benedict and Sarah back Francis's position on priestly celibacy. Media storm ensues

the vatican’s communications outfit scrambled on monday to catch up with a media storm surrounding news two priests have written a book defe...
Christopher R. Altieri

Morning Catholic must-reads: 13/01/20

“the good disciple is the humble one” , pope francis said at yesterday’s angelus ( full text , full video ). the australian church will hold...
Luke Coppen

Pope Francis: It is beautiful when babies cry at Mass

pope francis baptized 32 babies in the sistine chapel sunday, telling parents not to worry if their children cry at mass. “let the children ...
The Catholic Herald

Morning Catholic must-reads: 10/01/20

a leading french architect has called for the roof of notre-dame cathedral to be rebuilt in wood rather than metal or concrete. germany’s af...
Luke Coppen

Heretic of the week: Ellen G White

the 1830s were a tempestuous time for american protestantism, from the fires of the second great awakening to the ongoing march of unitarian...
Charles Coulombe

How to… Get the Pope's attention

bizarrely, two new phrases crept into usage in the english language over the christmas period. one was “slapgate”, a noun that refers to the...
The Catholic Herald

The Catholic writer who rivalled Dostoyevky

in march 2013, in the first homily after his election, pope francis said: “when one does not profess jesus christ, i recall the phrase of lé...
Benjamin Ivry

Bishop Barron: The movie that Benedict XVI really deserves

the new and much-ballyhooed netflix film the two popes should, by rights, be called the one pope, for it presents a fairly nuanced, textured...
Bishop Robert Barron

We used to believe bishops told the truth. What happened?

one of the biggest stories of 2019 took place exactly a year ago. the diocese of pittsburgh confirmed that cardinal donald wuerl of washingt...
Fr Raymond de Souza