Pope Francis

on his first evening in egypt pope francis prayed with coptic orthodox pope tawadros ii at the site where dozens of coptic orthodox christia...

Staff Reporter

pope francis urged religious leaders to “unmask the violence” masquerading as holy and condemn religiously inspired hatred as an idolatrous ...

Staff Reporter

a religious order that serves people with mental health problems has announced that it will allow euthanasia in its hospitals in belgium. th...

Staff Reporter

pope appeals for peace amid venezuela unrest pope francis has urged both of venezuela’s main political parties to ensure that “every further...

Staff writers

“when you come to a fork in the road,” yogi berra is said to have recommended, “take it.” that is more or less what the order of malta have ...

Dan Hitchens

i was on my way to morning assembly when my friend smith called out: “oy, thompson, did you hear that the pope’s dead?” i knew most boys cou...

Damian Thompson

‘la peste ou le choléra’: the plague or cholera. this expression perfectly captures the dilemma of french catholics at the ballot box this s...

Pierre Jova

i fear we are losing the capacity for proportionate response to misbehaviour, to temper justice with mercy, to forgive the penitent and to r...

Conrad Black

it is the late 1970s. from his study on grizzly peak, california, a 66-year-old man gazes out on the pacific ocean, and asks himself: “who w...

Michael Duggan

don’t you find that good catholics embarrass you? the bbc documentary bronx to bradford: friars on a mission (available on iplayer) left me ...

Tim Stanley