Pope Francis

Our darkness can become Christ's light

the stoning of stephen, the church’s first martyr, reminds us that the cross is not simply the precursor of the resurrection. the cross is, ...
Bishop David McGough

Letters & emails

do younger catholics rarely sin? sir – when i was about seven, i learned from my penny catechism that “purgatory is a place where souls suff...
The Catholic Herald

John Paul II and the Cold War's decisive moment

forty years ago the communists got what they wanted, and lived to rue the day. when archbishop karol wojtyła of kraków was elected pope john...
Fr Raymond de Souza

Vatican II was meant to be the laity's 'coming of age'. So what went wrong?

on october 11 1962, st john xxiii formally opened the second vatican council. its avowed purpose was, he told the thousands assembled in st ...
Stephen Bullivant

The week in quotations

"a growing trend towards extreme individualism" pope francis on the trouble with wealthier societies message for world day of migrants and r...
Staff writers

The best of the web: Tolkien, the two-income trap and liberalism

tolkien prediction that happily failed at the imaginative conservative, joseph pearce offered an apology to the creators of new film, tolkie...
Staff writers

The week ahead: Faith Movement, Romania and San Francisco

the faith movement is currently hosting a series of talks on the church. on tuesday june 4 christina read will speak on “healing as christ”....
Staff writers

The big story: Polish bishops promise action after abuse documentary

what happened? a polish documentary on clerical sexual abuse has provoked a national debate over the role of the church. released on youtube...
The Catholic Herald

Pope Francis reacted with 'sense of humour' to heresy accusation

pope francis said he reacted “with a sense of humour” to the accusation of heresy made against him earlier this month. “it does not hurt me ...
Courtney Grogan/CNA

Facing terminal cancer, Polish man ordained priest in hospital bed

may is ordination month in many dioceses, but the ordination of fr. michal los, fdp, a member of the orionine fathers, was far from your typ...
Catholic News Agency