Pope Francis

a french court has sentenced a priest to two years in prison, with a third year suspended, for the sexual abuse of minors. at the same time,...

Catholic News Agency

Pope Francis also appointed Cardinal Oswald Gracias of Bombay and Archbishop Charles Scicluna

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cardinal joseph zen, emeritus of hong kong, was in rome earlier this month to hand-deliver a letter to pope francis about the escalating per...

Fr Raymond de Souza

Last week, the Vatican dramatically blocked the US bishops’ proposals to tackle the crisis. What happens next?

Michael Warren Davis and Damian Thompson

i live on both sides of a border. not a geographical one, but one which is often a dividing line between two groups. i was raised a conserva...

Fr Ronald Rolheiser

i have dinner at the travellers club in london’s pall mall with an author who has written widely on both the church of england and the royal...

Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith

love him or hate him – and opinion is strikingly divided on that point – raymond arroyo (pictured) is the king of the catholic airwaves. lay...

Michael Warren Davis

when henry sire published his book the dictator pope last year, he knew it could bring reprisals. indeed, it was originally published pseudo...

Dan Hitchens

the news that pope francis has appointed the 59-year-old archbishop charles scicluna of malta to the position of adjunct secretary at the co...

Christopher R. Altieri

paradise, united states pope francis prays for victims of wildfires addressing pilgrims in st peter’s square on sunday, pope francis prayed ...

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