Pope Francis

Pope stresses Order of Malta's sovereignty as Grand Master's resignation is confirmed

The order has accepted Fra' Matthew Festing's resignation

Associated Press

The Knights have had painful clashes with the Vatican before. They can survive this too

The difficulties of the 1950s, recorded in a celebrated novel, have many parallels to today

Pope Francis revokes all of Grand Master’s actions since December 6

Cardinal Pietro Parolin told the Order of Malta's council that all decisions taken in recent weeks are 'null and void'

CRS president: Denying entry to refugees won't make US safer

People 'who walked through mine fields to escape ISIS ... are not the people we are afraid of'

Catholic News Service

Friar: a sense of hope is growing in Aleppo

Fr John Luke Gregory said Syrians were seeking to return to ordinary life

What will happen when Trump and Pope Francis finally meet?

The US president is likely to get an earful, but on one topic he might receive a word of thanks

Fr Raymond de Souza

A formidable nuncio

it was something of a mystery why archbishop antonio mennini was appointed apostolic nuncio to great britain in 2010. why did rome deploy on...

The Catholic Herald

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Be like goalkeepers, Pope tells Irish bishops

pope francis spent almost two hours talking to ireland’s bishops last week, telling them he wanted to hear their questions, concerns and eve...