Pope Francis

Morning Catholic must-reads: 06/05/19

jesus “does not expect to encounter people without problems, disappointments, sins or limitations” , pope francis said at mass in the bulgar...
Luke Coppen

Pope Francis' Bulgaria trip will have an ecumenical focus

pope francis said friday that his visit to bulgaria next week will be a pilgrimage of faith, unity, and peace, with an ecumenical focus. “my...
Courtney Grogan/CNA

Pope Francis tells Argentine bishops he wants to visit homeland

pope francis has told a group of argentine bishops on pilgrimage in rome that, although he wants to visit his homeland, current obligations ...
Junno Arocho Esteves

Analysis: The weaknesses of the papal heresy letter

on april 30, a group of 19 catholics released an open letter to the bishops of the world, accusing the pope of heresy and demanding that the...
Ed Condon/CNA

The honour of suffering humiliation

the third sunday of easter acts 5:27-32 & 40-41; rev 5:11-14; jn 21:1-19 (year c) christ is alive! he is our hope, and in a wonderful wa...
Bishop David McGough

Letters & Emails

after the revolution, the reckoning sir – the article by fr hugh somerville knapman (feature, april 5), on the desirability of revisiting th...
The Catholic Herald

Why exorcism went out of fashion – and why it's back

in 1969, the swiss jesuit herbert haag published goodbye to the devil, an argument that satan was merely a metaphor. along with two american...
Matthew Schmitz

Do you have hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia?

hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia means a fear of long words. i can cope with sesquipedalian, which means containing long words, because i...
Quentin de la Bedoyere

Leonardo at 500: Catholicism was the real Da Vinci Code

the leonardo renaissance sweeping the globe over the past few years will hit fever pitch this month as the world remembers his death 500 yea...
Elizabeth Lev

Diary: Transylvania awaits the Pope – and one million pilgrims

i’m back in transylvania. at csíksomlyó they are replanting the gardens and extending the car parks ready for pope francis’s visit on june 1...
Petroc Trelawny