Pope Francis

the spanish church wished “light and strength” to premier pedro sánchez after his socialist party took a strong lead in sunday’s election, a...

Jonathan Luxmoore

the talk last week was all about the impending reform of the roman curia, to be accomplished – on paper, at any rate – by way of an apostoli...

Christopher R. Altieri

washington dc project launches to tackle abuse crisis a new initiative has been launched at the catholic university of america with the goal...

Staff writers

"pope francis is happy with benedict xvi’s profound analysis" cardinal müller says the popes agree on the abuse crisis first things "until t...

Staff writers

hairdressers are known to enjoy a good chat. but on a pilgrimage to rome last week, they received a warning not to let it get out of hand. i...

Staff writers

how unusual is detachment from sin? how hard is it to gain a plenary indulgence? not as hard as some people think, argued fr timothy finigan...

Staff writers

what happened? more details have emerged about possible changes to the vatican’s constitution. the spanish magazine vida nueva published det...

Staff writers

on monday, the vatican marked another milestone in its relations with china. cardinal gianfranco ravasi, president of the pontifical council...

The Catholic Herald

someone asked me yesterday, “what’s the best thing you see happening in the catholic church right now?” it’s a great question to be asked be...

C C Pecknold

a group of academics and priests have accused pope francis of committing the canonical crime of heresy. the group, which includes the promin...

Dan Hitchens