Pope Francis

Helping others realise their potential is good business, Pope tells billionaires

Richard Branson and other business leaders met in Rome for the Fortune-Time Global Forum
Cindy Wooden

St John Paul II truly understood the importance of absolute values

Freedom without the underpinning of clear and absolute values is not freedom at all
Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith

Orthodox patriarch says Amoris Laetitia is about God's mercy

'First and foremost the apostolic exhortation recalls the mercy and compassion of God,' the patriarch wrote
Cindy Wooden

Syriac Catholic patriarch 'horrified' after seeing Iraqi 'ghost towns'

Patriarch Ignace Joseph III Younan visited beleaguered Christians in northern Iraq last month
Catholic News Service

Morning Catholic must-reads: 05/12/16

A daily guide to what's happening in the Catholic Church
Luke Coppen

Listen to God for guidance to build a better world, Pope tells students

Pope Francis also lamented 'brain drain' caused by bright students leaving poor countries
Catholic News Service

Pope recognises martyrdom of American priest shot dead in Guatemala

Fr Stanley Rother is the first martyr to be born in the United States
Catholic News Service

A necessary apology

the rwandan genocide took place in 1994, more than two decades ago. some 800,000 tutsi and moderate hutu were murdered by hutu extremists. l...
The Catholic Herald

The big story of the past seven days

✣   what happened? the cuban dictator fidel castro died at the age of 90. castro became an icon of revolution in 1959 when he and his s...
Staff Reporter

The best of the Catholic blogosphere

✣   highlights from the week online in advent, look to the prayer of the church at charlotte was both, amy welborn suggested that durin...
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