Pope Francis

Fatima at 100: Our Lady’s harrowing message of freedom

The famous vision of hell underscores the heights of the freedom for which we have been created

Fr Raymond de Souza

Pope arrives in Portugal to mark 100th anniversary of Fatima apparitions

Pope Francis will canonise brother and sister Francisco and Jacinta Marto

Associated Press

Morning Catholic must-reads: 12/05/17

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The other centenary

this month marks the 100th anniversary of one of the most important innovations in recent catholic history. but this centenary is unlikely t...

The Catholic Herald

The big story of the past seven days

✣   trump to meet pope francis for first time what happened? the vatican has confirmed that pope francis will meet president trump late...

Bishop: the West Country is mission territory

bishop mark o’toole of plymouth has called on every catholic in his diocese to be a “disciple-making disciple”. in a pastoral message, the b...

The best of the blogosphere

✣ highlights from the week online the roots of ‘may the force be with you’ the well-known star wars phrase “may the force be with you” is mo...

Coptic Pope Tawadros II visits flock in Britain

coptic orthodox pope tawadros ii arrived in britain for his first pastoral visit last friday. he visited coptic parishes across the country...

Cardinal who converted captors declared Venerable

pope francis has signed a decree declaring vietnamese cardinal françois nguyen van thuan as venerable. the decree confirms that cardinal van...

Boko Haram frees 82 schoolgirls

eighty-two of the schoolgirls abducted by boko haram three years ago have been released. they were among 276 girls taken from their school i...