Pope Francis

The row over Franco's body exposes divisions in the Church

controversial plans by spain’s governing socialists to rebury general francisco franco will not be opposed by the vatican, which has now ins...
Jonathan Luxmoore

What Catholics can learn from Ethiopia's Pentecostal PM

at the end of last month, pope francis welcomed africa’s most-watched young leader to the vatican. abiy ahmed, prime minister of ethiopia, a...
Fr Alistair Jones, OP

After Newman, could more English saints come marching in?

fascinating details of the second healing miracle at the intercession of blessed john henry newman emerged publicly for the first time last ...
Simon Caldwell

The trouble with lists of 'credibly accused' priests

frédéric martel’s new book, inside the closet of the vatican, was supposed to expose a “velvet mafia” calling the shots in the eternal city....
Michael Warren Davis

Things went from bad to worse at the Rome abuse summit

now that the four-day meeting on child protection in the church is over and done, the question is: what next? for an answer to that, you’ll ...
Christopher R. Altieri

This week's Catholic news from around the world

burbank, california comic book series cancelled after outcry a comic book series has been cancelled after protests from christians. dc comic...
Staff writers

The week in quotations

"one has to report the defects to correct, but when … you make known the defects, you love the church" pope francis on reporting scandals sp...
Staff writers

The big story of the past seven days: Francis calls for 'all-out-battle' against abuse

what happened? pope francis has called for an “all-out battle” against the sexual abuse of children, following a major vatican meeting on th...
Staff writers

The Holy See is finally calling Maduro's bluff

the italian newspaper corriere della sera recently published a three-page letter purportedly from pope francis to venezuelan president nicol...
The Catholic Herald

What happens to priests who father children? Vatican cardinal explains the guidelines

when the vatican congregation for clergy developed guidelines a decade ago for handling cases of priests who father children, the first obje...
Cindy Wooden