Pope Francis

The Cardinal Müller Report is a must-read for Catholics weary of turbulence in the Church

The cardinal speaks with clarity and firmness. Reading his new book-length interview gave me renewed hope in the Church's mission
Francis Phillips

Fatima seers to be declared saints on May 13

The canonisation ceremony will be held exactly 100 years since the first apparition of Our Lady of Fatima
Junno Arocho Esteves

India’s tinderbox

christians will long remember palm sunday 2017 as the day that bombers struck two egyptian churches, killing at least 45 people. on holy sat...
The Catholic Herald

The big story of the past seven days

✣   marine le pen ‘angry’ at pope francis what happened? marine le pen has criticised pope francis ahead of the first round of the fren...
Staff writers

Pope to faithful: be instruments of Christ

jesus is the risen shepherd who takes upon his shoulders “our brothers and sisters crushed by evil in all its varied forms”, pope francis ha...
Staff Reporter

Cause of Fr Hamel is officially opened

the archdiocese of rouen has opened a formal inquiry into the cause for beatification of fr jacques hamel, who was killed while celebrating ...
Staff Reporter

Pope to visit Egypt despite terrorist attacks

the vatican has confirmed that pope francis will visit egypt next week despite attacks on churches that left at least 45 people dead. greg b...
Staff Reporter

EWTN chief to advise the Vatican

michael warsaw, chairman and ceo of ewtn global catholic network, has been named by pope francis as an adviser to the vatican secretariat fo...
Staff Reporter

In brief

euthanasia cases in oregon steadily rising a study in the journal jama oncology has found the number of euthanasia cases in oregon has risen...
Staff writers

Comments of the week

the irish church is stronger than it seems sir – i find it hard to recognise the very negative picture of the irish church given by jon ande...
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