Pope Francis

Bishop Marian Eleganti made the comments on his personal blog, arguing that unless the issue is confronted openly – describing it as the 'elephant in the room' for the Church – efforts to tackle abuse will remain incomplete

Niwa Limbu

Meynell's essays are as taut and observant as Virginia Woolf's, and in many ways more expressive of the period in which she lived. Did Meynell disappear from the literary canon because she was a Catholic woman?

Bonnie Lander Johnson

King Charles III will next week become the first British monarch since the Reformation to pray publicly with the Pope when he visits the Vatican for an official state visit with Queen Camilla

The Catholic Herald

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, who died on 4 September aged 92, was the first senior member of the British royal family to convert to Catholicism since Princess Ena of Battenberg

Serenhedd James

The appointment brings to an end a period of uncertainty for one of Europe’s most historic sees

Niwa Limbu

The historic event – occurring for the first time – is taking place as part of the commemoration of the 800th anniversary of the saint's death

The Catholic Herald

A recent presentation at the Vatican has drawn attention for its symbolism and unexpected nature, continuing a long tradition of distinctive offerings made to the papacy.

The Catholic Herald

Thomas Edwards on the first major biography of Pope Leo, based on interviews with Elise Allen.

Thomas Edwards

Two Carmelite saints, centuries apart yet united in spirit: Teresa of Avila, the reformer and mystic, and Thérèse of Lisieux, the Little Flower who found holiness in simplicity.

Alice Alech

A common-born Englishman once remade the papacy in the twelfth century. Nearly nine hundred years later, another unlikely Anglophone sits on the throne of St Peter. The parallels are hard to ignore.

Samantha Smith