Pope Francis

Diary: by William Cash

in a month’s time, i will be boarding a plane to washington for the launch of the new american weekly edition of the catholic herald. this i...

Youth synod: The final straight

can the bishops’ concluding document please everyone? a pair of high-profile invitations came to pope francis last week – one from china an...

Christopher R. Altieri

The Yankee who fought for Catholic values

this new collection of the catholic writings of orestes brownson is very welcome. brownson (1803-1876) was one of the few original political...

Gerald Russello

The best of the web

✣ highlights from the week online the church needs better seminaries to tackle the sexual abuse crisis, the church must reform its seminarie...

The big story of the past seven days

✣ federal abuse investigation launched what happened? federal prosecutors in the united states have launched an investigation into the handl...

How the beauty of Catholic art helped to rescue the Church from confusion

Amid the apocalyptic landscape of the Reformation, the Church needed saints and theologians - but also painters and sculptors

Pope Francis: Marriage prep should be more than a few parish meetings

'One cannot say marriage preparation is three or four conferences given in the parish. This is not preparation'

Courtney Grogan/CNA

Pope Francis removes Bishop Holley as head of Memphis diocese

The Vatican investigated the diocese in June over concerns about major changes Bishop Holley had made

Hannah Brockhaus/CNA

DC attorney general announces abuse investigation

The investigation comes a day after the opening of a hotline for reporting allegations of clerical sexual abuse

How St. John Paul II began his papacy, 40 years ago

John Paul II admitted he was 'a bishop full of trepidation, conscious of his unworthiness'

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