Pope Francis

Who’s next?

recent media coverage of gk chesterton’s possible canonisation morphed into speculation as to when he would be made a saint. misunderstandin...

Fr Raymond J de Souza: A promotion for lay people

it was thirty years ago this summer that st john paul ii promulgated pastor bonus, his reorganization of the roman curia, completing the cur...

Fr Raymond de Souza

Matthew Schmitz: The avuncular archbishop

theodore mccarrick did not want to be known as a father. he encouraged young men and boys to call him “uncle”, and called them his nephews i...

Matthew Schmitz

Back to school after Goldman Sachs

a year of celebrations begins at stonyhurst this september, marking the college’s 425th anniversary. founded in 1593 in saint omer, the scho...

Stephen Withnell

Missionary work: not just for priests

book extract a parish, by nature, is missionary. it opens out. it does not fold in upon itself. jesus sent his disciples: ‘‘go into all the ...

Cardinal Francis Arinze

A melancholy trip among the Travellers

the stopping places by damian le bas, chatto and windus, 320pp, £15 where have they all gone? well might you ask. there was a time when the ...

Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith

Omnium Gatherum

let’ s see if i can relate a few unrelated things in my accustomed, exiguous weekly 400 words. first, a couple of weeks ago, i wrote about t...

Fr John Zuhlsdorf

Pope Francis changes Catechism to say death penalty 'inadmissible'

Cardinal Ladaria said the change does not contradict previous Church teaching

Pope Francis may not meet abuse survivors in Ireland, says archbishop

The Archbishop of Dublin said it would be 'great' if a meeting could be arranged but that 'time is very tight'

Want to deal with abusive clergy? Look to medieval times, says historian

St Peter Damian said lack of fear of the Lord and His last judgment leads to prelates going astray