Pope Francis

The week ahead: canonisation, rosaries, and a retreat

john henry newman will be canonised on sunday, october 13, during mass at the vatican attended by prince charles and a delegation of british...
Staff writers

Overlooked: 'Uncrowned king of Poland' to be beatified

what happened? the late polish cardinal stefan wyszyński will be beatified, after pope francis gave official vatican approval to a miracle b...
Staff writers

The big story: Amazon synod opens amid fierce debate

what happened? the amazon synod has begun at the vatican, with controversy from the very first moment. the synod, which aims to discuss the ...
Staff writers

St Thérèse, Newman and an extraordinary journey into the Church

one day ethel, the wife of alexander james grant, a scottish presbyterian pastor, left a newspaper in her husband’s office. it was a copy of...
The Catholic Herald

Mass readings

ordinary form divine office week iii sunday, october 6 : 27th sunday in ordinary time hab 1:2-3; 2:2-4; ps 95; 2 tm 1:6-8, 13-14; lk 17:5-10...
The Catholic Herald

How to… Live like St Francis of Assisi

st francis of assisi, whose feast day is celebrated on october 4, is often remembered as one of the most christ-like of saints, a man who im...
The Catholic Herald

Catholic schools break the cycle of poverty. Why are they being targeted?

it is a grand washington, dc tradition. every year, on the first sunday in october, catholic and non-catholic dignitaries alike gather at st...
The Catholic Herald

The tiny chalice that tells the story of Lithuania's heroic priests

the highlight of the consistory for new cardinals on october 5 will be the bestowal of the red hat on archbishop sigitas tamkevičius, emerit...
Fr Raymond de Souza

Amazon synod: Will the faith get lost in the rainforest?

for three weeks in october, 185 bishops, missionaries and scholars, mostly from south america and europe, will meet in rome at amazon synod....
Todd Hartch

The JPII Institute changes have US thinkers up in arms

substantial changes to the faculty and curriculum of the john paul ii institute in rome have alarmed american catholic philosophers. the cha...
Jordan Bloom