Pope Francis

The French Church after Cardinal Barbarin

the conviction of lyon’s archbishop, cardinal philippe barbarin, by a french court on march 7 for failing to report alleged sexual abuse by ...

News round-up: from Montreal to Melbourne

montreal quebec oratory to receive $110m makeover st joseph’s oratory in montreal is to have a $110 million (£63 million) makeover. the dome...

Meanwhile: Papal veganism and politicians' ashes

last month, 12-year-old genesis butler urged the pope to go vegan for lent, promising, on behalf of the million dollar vegan campaign, $1m t...

Overlooked: Pope clarifies 'diversity of religions' comment

what happened? pope francis has clarified a remark about religious diversity. last month, the pope signed a joint statement saying that “the...

More Catholics, fewer priests

the comedian vic reeves once remarked that “88.2 per cent of statistics are made up on the spot”. that might not be too far off the mark whe...

The Catholic Herald

Unity with the Pope guarantees freedom, Cardinal Parolin tells Polish bishops

the vatican secretary of state has praised the polish church's traditional closeness to rome as key to its survival under hostile regimes, i...

Jonathan Luxmoore

California bishops praise death penalty moratorium

the imposition of a state moratorium on the use of the death penalty by gov. gavin newsom was hailed as a positive step by california’s bish...

Christine Rousselle/CNA

Morning Catholic must-reads: 14/03/19

more than a third of us catholics say the abuse crisis has prompted them to consider leaving the church , according to a new gallup poll. th...

Morning Catholic must-reads: 13/03/19

pope francis will not meet xi jinping when the chinese president visits italy this month, taiwan’s foreign ministry has said. nuncio archbis...

Morning Catholic must-reads: 12/03/19

the results of an investigation into bishop michael bransfield have been forwarded to the vatican . three more filipino priests have said th...