Pope Francis

Church helps broker Congo deal

catholic leaders in the democratic republic of congo have said that they hope for lasting peace after brokering an 11th-hour deal between th...

In brief

i don’t like travelling, admits francis pope francis has told la stampa newspaper that he “never liked travelling much” but feels he must go...

The Vatican clamps down on ‘fake news’

last week the vatican issued a peculiar clarification: spokesman greg burke denied that the pope had called for islam and christianity to “m...

Madeleine Teahan

The knights who won’t retreat

the sovereign military order of malta is one of the more improbable success stories of the 21st-century church. founded in 1099 to provide h...

A diplomatic tussle with serious consequences

while the sovereign military order of malta may no longer be military or govern the island of malta, it remains a truly sovereign entity and...

Mary Kenny: We’ll never wipe out loneliness

yet another report tells us that loneliness in britain today is almost at “epidemic” proportions. according to age uk, half a million people...

Comments of the Week

the day i gave 364 people a decent burial sir – robert ian williams (letter, december 23) asks what provision the church makes for the respe...

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Scorsese shows us how the Church should be

i cried three times when watching silence at the covent garden odeon. which is surprising because it’s the least sentimental, most masculine...

The humble worker who shook up the papacy

father benedict by james day, sophia institute press, £14.50 it is difficult, and sometimes seemingly impossible, to assess someone’s legacy...

January 15 to January 21

cardinal nichols (westminster) wed: meeting with bishops’ conference staff, london, sw1p 1qj, 10.00am. fri: archbishop’s council meeting, sw...

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