Pope Francis

Marx's revolutionary synod

in the 1940s, a jesuit theologian named henri bouillard proclaimed that a theology that is not “up to date” is a “false theology”. at such a...
C C Pecknold

Two very different Catholics battle to be Canada's PM

canadians are famous for saying sorry. it’s the default setting for public encounters; a busy railway station or airport is a cacophony of c...
Fr Raymond de Souza

German media accuse Francis of 'stabbing bishops in the back'

a vatican cardinal’s warning that plans for a binding synodal process in germany appear to be “ecclesiologically invalid” and not in accorda...
Anian Christoph Wimmer

Are deacons really 'celebrating Mass' in the Amazon?

sandro magister, the veteran vaticanista for italy’s l’espresso, wrote a column last week headlined “in the amazon married deacons are alrea...
Christopher R. Altieri

The week in quotations

"i sensed that this thought came to me from the holy spirit" pope francis explains why he decided to give a relic of st peter to the eastern...
Staff writers

The big story: Pope Francis: 'I'm not afraid of schism'

what happened? pope francis has raised the prospect of schism, telling reporters that it is a constant possibility in the church. answering ...
Staff writers

A schism in the US? What Pope Francis really thinks

it all began with a book. on the papal plane to africa, the french journalist nicolas senèze gave the holy father a copy of his latest work....
The Catholic Herald

The scent of humility

according to the 7th-century bishop and theologian isaac the syrian, a person who is genuinely humble gives off a certain scent that other p...
Fr Ronald Rolheiser

The man who was the English-speaking world's gateway to the popes

to the question, “how many people actually work in the vatican?”, pope john xxiii supposedly replied, “about half.” it has become part of ca...
Fr Dominic Allain

Seeing Rome through the eyes of Oscar Wilde

great cities through travellers' eyes edited by peter furtado thames and hudson, 368pp, £19.99/$29.95 in this commendably ambitious book, th...
The Catholic Herald