Pope Francis

Sydney Archbishop apologises to young people for Church's failures

The Church failed the young not just through abuse but also failing to challenge them and offering 'unbeautiful' liturgy

Archbishop Chaput to youth synod: Developed nations stuck in a 'moral adolescence'

Countries like the US style themselves as developed but are in fact 'underdeveloped in their humanity', Chaput said

Catholic News Agency

I helped oversee safeguarding in England and Wales. I wonder if some bishops ‘get it’

I witnessed the complacency of Church officials at first hand

Chilean cardinal remains silent at hearing on cover-up allegations

Cardinal Ezzati has promised to co-operate with authorities but opted for silence at the suggestion of his lawyers

Junno Arocho Esteves

Francis calls for youth synod creativity- How will U.S. bishops answer the call?

Several members of the US delegation are known as original thinkers and leaders

The bishops who’ve never seen their dioceses

For centuries, the Vatican has relied on the legal fiction of titular sees. Their history is more fraught than you might expect

A Pentecostal truce

even keen rome observers missed the speech that pope francis gave to the pontifical council for promoting christian unity last week. that is...

The Catholic Herald

The big story of the past seven days

✣ pope francis defends deal with china what happened? pope francis defended his deal with china, first to journalists on the papal plane and...

The best of the web

✣ highlights from the week online how st cuthbert kept a book for 300 years at jstor daily, allison meier described the history of “europe’s...

In brief

rome bishops: meeting with pope was ‘remarkable and intimate’ the bishops of england and wales have described their two-hour meeting with po...