Pope Francis

Vatican advisers clash on Pope’s abuse reforms

two members of pope francis’s commission on child protection have clashed over the effectiveness of recent reforms. the psychiatrist barones...

Luther wanted to renew the Church, says Pope

pope francis has told lutheran pilgrims from finland that martin luther’s intention 500 years ago “was to renew the church, not divide her”....

Friar: a sense of hope is growing in Aleppo

a franciscan friar who visited the syrian city of aleppo last week has said that the devastation there is beyond what people can imagine. fr...

Francis: we must ‘wait and see’ on Trump

as president donald trump was being sworn in, pope francis told an interviewer it would be “reckless” to pass judgment on the new president ...

Ordinariate issues Amoris guidelines

bishop steven lopes, head of the american ordinariate, has reaffirmed traditional church teaching on communion for the remarried. a pastoral...

The Maltese furore

the apostle paul brought the gospel to malta, and the maltese today arguably remain the most catholic people on the planet, despite plunging...

Orthodox Catholicism’s eastern outpost

of all the countries you might expect to take centre stage in the church’s internal drama, a muslim-majority former soviet republic with a m...

Who’s better? Ask the Little Sisters

the massive women’s march against donald trump was billed as being open to all, but they would not have made room on the podium for the litt...

Fr Raymond de Souza

Spies, lies and the Catholic faith

last year the daily telegraph reported that a devout christian was rejected for a job at the government’s communications headquarters (gchq)...

Mary Kenny: A march to nowhere

i was upbraided by a “facebook friend” for not being present at one of the women’s marches against president trump and his administration la...