Pope Francis

Congolese Catholics urge cardinal to run for president

Cardinal Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya said he has 'other things to do'

Why 'Uncle Ted' didn't want to be called a father

The Archbishop's easygoing persona was a social strategy – and a theological stance

Matthew Schmitz

Who is England's next saint?

Nuns, priests, a journalist and a certain cardinal are all in the running for canonisation

A grievous oversight

the fall of archbishop theodore mccarrick, whose resignation from the college of cardinals was accepted by pope francis last saturday, makes...

The Catholic Herald

The big story of the past seven days

✣ pope accepts cardinal mccarrick’s resignation what happened? pope francis accepted the resignation from the college of cardinals of theodo...

The best of the web

✣ highlights from the week online the priest sacked for preaching catholicism much is written about the intolerance of students banning what...

In brief

managua tens of thousands rally in support of nicaragua’s bishops a huge crowd of nicaraguans marched in support of their bishops in the cap...

The Pope’s in-tray: Back to work

francis’s packed august schedule includes a daunting trip to ireland pope francis is back to work this coming week, after a month of “stayca...

Christopher R. Altieri

McCarrick scandal: O’Malley’s new challenge

the cardinal’s formidable record on abuse is being tested in 2014, pope francis chose cardinal seán o’malley of boston to head the new ponti...

Michael Warren Davis

Bahrain: Catholics return to the desert

a cathedral is being built in the arabian peninsula there were christians in the arabian desert before the coming of islam: they included bi...