Pope Francis

Morning Catholic must-reads: 19/11/18

pope francis prayed for peace in the central african republic at yesterday’s angelus ( full text , full video ). the pope dined with 1,500 n...

Algerian martyrs are models for the Church, archbishop says

archbishop paul desfarges of algiers has said that bishop pierre claverie and his 18 companions, who were martyred in algeria between 1994 a...

Catholic News Agency

World looks the other way at Christian persecution, Pope says

love for neighbour means being close to people, especially those facing oppression and violence for being christian, and engaging in charita...

Junno Arocho Esteves

Only religion could have inspired the beauties of Venice

i have recently been engaged in reading back numbers of plough quarterly. this magazine is the inspired production of the bruderhof movement...

Francis Phillips

Cupich and Wuerl collaborated on alternative sex abuse proposal

cardinal blase cupich of chicago and cardinal donald wuerl of washington collaborated extensively on a recently proposed policy for handling...

Pushkin, cat who met the Pope and published a book, dies aged 19

the author, papal confidant, archivist and cat pushkin has died aged 19. he had been suffering from thyroid problems and went off his food o...

Milan court rules against Archbishop Viganò in inheritance lawsuit

a civil court in milan has ordered archbishop carlo maria viganò, a longtime diplomat and former vatican nuncio to the united states, to ret...

Morning Catholic must-reads: 16/11/18

the church risks “becoming disoriented by falling prey to ... polarisation” , pope francis has told latin american priests ( video ). israel...

Prize crossword 0568

cryptic across 1 insignificant number lacking zip in old musical brought back featuring, in sam, a naughty girl (6) 4 egyptian city’s almost...

The mystery of Fr Jenkins

can pope francis impose a moratorium on the use of “mystery” in catholic discourse? can he ban it from official and semi-official catholic j...