Pope Francis

Nearly half of those pondering religious life in the US have to pay off student debt first

Jesuits and Paulist Fathers are among the few orders who say they can pay off loans once entrants have been ordained

Croats and Serbs studying life of Cardinal Stepinac fail to reach consensus

The joint Catholic-Orthodox commission, set up at the request of Pope Francis, agreed that the two churches should 'share the memory of martyrs'

Junno Arocho Esteves

Morning Catholic must-reads: 14/07/17

A daily guide to what's happening in the Catholic Church

Charlie Gard's parents storm out of court hearing after row with judge

They said that Judge Nicholas Francis had misquoted their earlier statements

Associated Press

Vatican-backed journal attacks American conservative Catholics

US conservative Catholics have formed an 'ecumenism of hate' with Evangelical Protestants, Civiltà Cattolica has claimed

Can anything stop Catholic infighting?

Liturgical squabbles, doctrinal rows, vicious public spats: the Church is once again gripped by a 1970s-style factionalism

Damian Thompson

Death of the ‘airport bishop’

when the new archbishop of milan stood up to give his first speech to his new diocese last friday he wore a crumpled jacket over a faded cle...

The Catholic Herald

The big story of the past seven days

✣   world gripped by battle over charlie gard what happened? pope francis and donald trump drew the attention of the world’s media to 1...

The best of the blogosphere

✣ highlights from the week online the giant who spoke for st john paul ii joaquin navarro-valls, st john paul ii’s spokesman for many years,...

Cardinal criticises Pope over sudden dismissal

cardinal gerhard müller has criticised the way in which pope francis dismissed him as head of the congregation for the doctrine of the faith...