Pope Francis

Whose legacy will last longer?

Benedict XVI favoured a slow, step-by-step approach to reform, while Francis prefers sweeping initiatives that advance quickly
Fr Raymond de Souza

The big story of the past seven days

✣   leaked letter restarts ‘amoris wars’ what happened? the debate over amoris laetitia has reopened after a letter written by pope fra...
Staff writers

Francis fulfils wish of teenager with cancer

pope francis administered the sacrament of confirmation to a teenage cancer patient last week. francis confirmed 16-year-old giuseppe chiolo...
Staff writers

Francis is better at decisions, says Benedict

benedict xvi has said that, although he does not see himself “as a failure”, governance was not his “forte” as pope. in a book-length interv...
Staff writers

Pope to bishops: look out for the Devil

the devil’s favourite weapon for destroying the church is division, pope francis has told new bishops. he told them to be careful to make su...
Staff writers

Caroline Wyatt: The no-nonsense saint who cared for me

the sky was an immaculate blue, and a strong september sun warmed the pilgrims squeezing into st peter’s square, burnishing the droplets fro...
Caroline Wyatt

The Pope's pizza obsession

hidden away in south-west florida is the extraordinary catholic town of ave maria. built on the outskirts of the city of naples, the college...
Madeleine Teahan

Whose legacy will last longer?

will the reforms of pope francis survive his own pontificate? the summer of 2016 brought much activity on the curial reform front, with the ...
Fr Raymond de Souza

The Black Dog and the birds

the other day, i heard a sound that was new to me in nature. i was out on an island in the thames estuary. as evening drew on, i was watchin...
John Wilkins

September 18 to September 24

cardinal nichols (westminster) sun:ethnic chaplaincies’ mass, westminster cathedral, westminster, london, sw1p, 5.30pm. wed: meeting with bi...
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