Pope Francis

The big story of the past seven days

✣   trump booed at catholic fundraiser what happened? republican presidential candidate donald trump was booed at an annual catholic ch...

Pope’s friend: critics of Francis love Putin

the opponents of pope francis have indirect links to vladimir putin, according to a writer who has been called the pope’s “favourite journal...

Rome ‘will recognise’ four Chinese bishops

a breakthrough may be near in the long-running dispute between the holy see and china over the ordination of bishops. according to reuters, ...

Iraqi Christians rejoice but await Mosul’s fall

christians from qaraqosh, south of mosul in iraq, are celebrating after their village was liberated from isis last week, as pope francis den...

Are papal critics all Putin fans?

it was a bit like something out of a bad film about the cold war. in a la stampa article last week. andrea tornielli, dubbed by the financia...

Madeleine Teahan

A leap across the great divide

in october 2012, the catholic bishops of germany received an invitation that left them stumped. german protestants had asked them to join in...

Mgr Mark Langham

Ad hominem rules in Rome

my column here a fortnight ago, looking back at the family synod a year later, earned a rebuke from fr thomas rosica, who called it “truly r...

Fr Raymond de Souza

Fine Art: An overwhelming sense of pathos and guilt

beyond caravaggio national gallery, london, until january 15 jointly organised by the national galleries of london, dublin and edinburgh, th...

Pictures of the Week

1 cafod supporters meet chancellor philip hammond as part of a “week of action” on climate change and energy. 2 archbishop bernard longley o...

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October 30 to November 5

cardinal nichols (westminster) mon: church leaders’ dinner, lambeth palace, london, 6.00pm. tue: mass – all saint’s day, westminster cathedr...

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