Pope Francis

Pope makes baseball fans proud by catching doll thrown from crowd

pope leo xiv has demonstrated his us roots as an ardent white sox baseball fan after making a one-handed catch of a cloth doll thrown at him...
The Catholic Herald

Rebel nuns with no time for Vatican II embrace entrepreneurism to survive

rocio opens the door. “there’s nothing left in the shop and the others are still clearing up lunch. they can’t talk now and we haven’t eaten...
Julia Hayley

Can Pope Leo's link with Peru bolster its waning Catholicism?

a new survey released shortly after pope leo xiv’s election on 8 may shows the percentage of catholics continues to decrease in peru. it was...
EduardoCamposLima

Pope Leo XIV’s first weeks: abuse, finances and fences to mend

a quick look at the first appointments and audiences at the outset of a new papacy offers a small insight into the new system and indicates ...
Elise Allen

Papabile cardinal explains his relief at not becoming pope

one of the cardinals who was considered a strong contender to be elected as the new pope to replace pope francis has spoken about his relief...
The Catholic Herald

Liverpool gets new archbishop as city grapples with chaos after car ploughs into crowd

today the mass of installation for archbishop-elect john sherrington will take place at liverpool's metropolitan cathedral of christ the kin...
The Catholic Herald

Church should embrace cultures, says first Vietnam-born head of US diocese

bishop-elect michael pham of san diego, the first vietnamese-american to head a us diocese, hopes the catholic church will recognise its “mu...
Joseph SanMateo

Pope Leo XIV formally installed as Bishop of Rome

rome – pope leo xiv sunday paid visits to the papal basilicas of st. john lateran, where he was formally installed as bishop of rome, and st...
Elise Allen

Can a US-born Pope confront 'Americanism' or is it just a 'phantom heresy'?

a pope from the united states. that was the biggest surprise on 8 may when the new pontiff, chicago-native robert francis prevost, was annou...
Charles Collins

Public display of St Teresa’s remains divides opinion in Spain

the first public display in more than a century of the corpse of spain’s beloved saint who died 440 years ago has split opinion, with some i...
The Catholic Herald