Pope Francis

Robert Harris’s new thriller is set in a conclave. He talks about his love for the Vatican, his respect for the Pope, and how the Gospels left him ‘stunned’

Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith

The letter that proved to be the turning point showed the Holy Spirit was at work in a most unexpected way

Fr Raymond de Souza

on the flight home from azerbaijan earlier this month, pope francis summed up his approach to picking cardinals. “a little bit of everywhere...

The Catholic Herald

✣   highlights from the week online what do ecumenical gestures really mean? at his blog archbishop cranmer, the anglican adrian hilton...

Staff writers

pope francis has named 17 new cardinals including an albanian priest who spent decades in communist labour camps. the list also includes thr...

Staff writers

pope francis made a surprise visit to the site of a devastating earthquake in central italy last week and prayed silently and alone amid the...

Staff writers

pope: history of god’s mercy is in the rosary pope francis has described the rosary as “the synthesis of the history of god’s mercy”. he was...

Staff writers

justin welby was hailed as the “archbishop of banterbury” in a daily mail headline last week after footage of him reducing the pope to fits ...

Madeleine Teahan

‘i didn’t want to be a nun at all,” the sister tells me. “the impression that i had is that nuns were miserable people that slept in coffins...

Constance Watson

this time last year the second installment of the synod on the family was unfolding in rome, the conclusion of which was as yet unknown. now...

Fr Raymond de Souza