Pope Francis

The Church isn’t a corporation, but the Synod acts like one

the vatican released its latest synod implementation document on monday, bringing to mind a remark pope francis made a few years ago about h...
Charles Collins

Pope Leo has much to ponder during his vacation in Castel Gandolfo

after pope leo xiv arrives in castel gandolfo for his summer break, it is unlikely to prove a real vacation for the new pontiff. when cardin...
Charles Collins

French archbishop made head of Pope's commission for protection of children

pope leo xiv has appointed a french archbishop as the new president of the pontifical commission for the protection of minors. he replaces a...
Charles Collins

Cadíz: Catholicism, culture and cuisine

i came to spain late – my loss. i came to andalucia even later and seek to remedy that deficiency by returning each winter to escape the gre...
Fr Mark Vickers

On pilgrimage with Noelle Mering, author of 'Awake, Not Woke'

where would you go? i'm co-leading a pilgrimage to poland this year, otherwise, that might have been my first choice. the holy land is a str...
The Catholic Herald

Pope Leo is spurning populism for a more institutional style of leadership

like the populist he was, pope francis felt an instinctive scepticism about bureaucracies, including the one he was called to lead. famously...
John L Allen

Pope Leo urges Catholic school teachers to be ‘models in life’

pope leo xiv has said that catholic school teachers should be “models in life" as well as "models of faith" during what he described as a te...
Charles Collins

Summer Letters: Our Lady's Dowry, meat and veg, the Anscombe Centre and more

Catholics debate faith, ethics, food, and tradition in letters on bioethics, vegetarianism, celibacy, Church policy, and Pope Leo XIV.
The Catholic Herald

Named and shamed: Thirteen Catholic MPs who voted for killing

a total of 13 mps who self-identify as catholics voted for either abortion up to and during birth or for assisted suicide, or for both, anal...
Simon Caldwell

A Catholic MP's vote for abortion up to birth reveals the rot in UK governance and religious formation

there are certain occasions in history which defined themselves as before and after moments. the kennedy assassination was one, the terroris...
Gavin Ashenden