Pope Francis

Pope approves Fatima seers miracle

Pope Francis is likely to canonise Blesseds Francisco and Jacinta Marto during his trip to Fatima in May

Junno Arocho Esteves

Scotland’s messianic age

For some lapsed Catholics, nationalism fills a void where spirituality once dwelt

Stephen Daisley

'The Pope said I could be re-elected': an interview with Fra’ Matthew Festing

The former leader of the Knights of Malta speaks out for the first time since the Pope asked for his resignation

The year that healed the rift

if any year can be said to have made a difference to the united kingdom’s relationship with the holy see, it is 1982. today catholics recall...

Catherine Pepinster

MP to Government: respect parents’ rights

parents must have the right to withdraw their children from relationship education, a catholic mp has said. sir edward leigh, the conservati...

Express to Cairo

during the first papal visit to egypt in the year 2000, pope john paul ii addressed a gathering of christians and muslims. “we do not know e...

The Catholic Herald

The best of the Catholic blogosphere

✣ highlights from the week online don’t believe all the catholic hype on may at ncregister.com, joanna bogle examined michael gove’s claim (...

Abuse survivor clashes with Vatican official

the dispute between an abuse survivor who resigned from pope francis’s sex abuse advisory commission and a major vatican body intensified la...

In Brief

don’t hesitate to call in an exorcist, says pope pope francis told priests on friday that they “should not hesitate” to refer penitents to e...

Pope to visit Egypt as ISIS drives out Christians

pope francis will visit egypt for two days next month, the vatican has announced. the holy see said the pope was responding to invitations f...