Pope Francis

Morning Catholic must-reads: 24/10/16

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

As Venezuela's referendum is suspended, new cardinal calls for dialogue

Venezuela's new cardinal says the country's politicians 'can't throw in the towel'

David V Barrett

Morning Catholic must-reads: 21/10/16

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

Pope’s ‘favourite journalist’ alleges opposition to Francis is linked to Vladimir Putin

The article in La Stampa is headlined 'Catholics who are anti-Francis but love Putin'

Against the iconoclasts

there are currently numerous initiatives around the globe to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the protestant reformation. in estonia, as...

The Catholic Herald

The big story of the past seven days

✣   clinton’s right-hand man tried to start church ‘revolution’ what happened? hillary clinton’s campaign chief john podesta helped to ...

Jesuits turn to Venezuela for leader

fr arturo sosa abascal has been voted the next superior general of the society of jesus. the venezuelan becomes the 30th successor of jesuit...

In brief

new saints include elizabeth of the trinity elizabeth of the trinity, a french carmelite mystic and writer, has been declared a saint. pope ...

Inside the Democrats’ Trojan Horse

you wouldn’t expect hillary clinton’s staff and senior supporters to think very highly of conservative catholics. but reading their own word...

The Church tilts south

the historic election of the first non-european jesuit superior-general points to two great trends in the church. first, the new focus on la...