Pope Francis

What a decade! A look at the biggest Catholic stories of the 2010s

when church historians look back on the last ten years, they’ll have several historic and important moments to study. and catholics who’ve l...
Catholic News Agency

Pope Francis accepts resignation of dean of cardinals, sets 5-year term limit

pope francis has accepted the resignation of cardinal angelo sodano as dean of the college of cardinals and declared that the position will ...
Hannah Brockhaus/CNA

Church reform requires personal conversion, Pope Francis tells Roman Curia

to carry out the continuing reform of the church requires a willingness to change and a commitment to personal conversion, pope francis said...
Hannah Brockhaus/CNA

Benedict XVI creates foundation for Catholic journalism in Germany

in what came as a surprise to many members of the catholic elite in germany, pope emeritus benedict xvi has launched a foundation for cathol...
Catholic News Agency

Pope Francis installs cross in Vatican for migrants who died in Mediterranean

pope francis has hung a cross encircled by a life jacket inside a vatican building in memory of migrants and refugees who have lost their li...
Hannah Brockhaus/CNA

Letters: The modern heresy exposed by terror

the modern heresy exposed by terror sir – in his searching article “can jihadists be rehabilitated?” (december 6), tim stanley says: “many o...
The Catholic Herald

The next English saint could well be a woman

unless pope francis decides to canonise one or more of the 158 english and welsh martyrs beatified by his predecessors, but never raised to ...
Simon Caldwell

Prisoners, exiles and missionaries: the bishops Elizabeth deposed

between 1534 and 1554, there were two people claiming to be bishop of worcester and two to be bishop of salisbury; and between 1559 and 1585...
Jack Scarisbrick

Both English and cosmopolitan: the glory of Farm Street Church

this has been an anniversary year for the jesuits’ church at farm street in london – july 31 marked the 175th anniversary of the laying of t...
Stephen Withnell

Traffic jams, Christmas trees and banana beer: December in Kinshasa

christmas is in the air in kinshasa. giant illuminated christmas trees stand in front of hotels and big supermarkets owned by indian, lebane...
Antoine Roger Lokongo