Pope Francis

Pope Francis sending bishop to Medjugorje

Vatican says Bishop Henryk Hoser will not be deciding on the merits of reported apparitions of the Virgin Mary

Associated Press

Morning Catholic must-reads: 13/02/17

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Don't dialogue with the Devil, Pope Francis says at Mass

'He's a trickster,' the Pope said. 'He promises you everything and leaves you naked', like he left Adam and Eve

In times of stress I write notes to St Joseph, says Pope Francis

The Pope told religious superiors that prayer, not tranquillisers, helped give him a sense of peace

The unseen Paul VI: an introvert who wore chains beneath his robes

History will judge Blessed Paul kindly, for his courage and his deep prayerfulness

Francis Phillips

Morning Catholic must-reads: 10/02/17

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China and the Vatican have reached an agreement on bishops, says cardinal

Cardinal John Tong says the deal will end a 'crisis of division' between official and underground churches

Rigid thinking isn't divine, Pope tells staff of Jesuit magazine

The Pope met editors at La Civilta Cattolica to mark its 4,000th edition

Junno Arocho Esteves

Pope Francis’s traditionalists

John Paul II couldn’t strike a deal that satisfied the SSPX. Nor could Benedict. Enter the unlikeliest of bridge-builders

Damian Thompson

Harry Mount: The recipe for genius - keeping busy

one of david hockney’s favourite quotations is from tchaikovsky – “inspiration is a guest that does not willingly visit the lazy.” the quote...