Pope Francis

Pope: ‘It’s terrible to teach that gender is a choice’

pope francis has said that what he calls gender theory – “that everyone can choose their own sex” – is “the exact opposite” of god’s creatio...

Pope sends message to refugee Olympians

in a personal message addressed to each of the 10 members of the new refugee olympic team, pope francis wished them success in their events ...

In brief

pontiff says suffering in syria is unacceptable pope francis told pilgrims in st peter’s square on sunday that it was “unacceptable” that so...

Poor to be at heart of Mother Teresa canonisation

the poor, the suffering and those who minister to them will be at the centre of celebrations leading up to the canonisation of blessed teres...

Women deacons: is the door open?

in may pope francis received an hour’s grilling from the international union of superiors general and was asked if he would establish “an of...

Madeleine Teahan

The revival no one expected

britain’s syro-malabar catholics, soon to grace the city of preston with a long-deserved cathedral, seem to be having something of a breakou...

Stephen Bullivant

The anxious world of Turkey’s Catholics

in 2010, the austrian politician ewald stadler delivered a rousing speech from the floor of the national council in vienna. for more than ei...

The worst reasons for ad orientem

i was invited to make the case against ad orientem. but i can’t do that, for i’m not opposed to this practice and i have celebrated mass tha...

Fr Anthony Ruff

Briefly noted

a road to rome by ivan oliver (gracewing, £14.99) . ivan oliver, who worked as a civil servant, academic and scottish crofter, wrote this pe...

Comments of the Week

brexit is nothing like the reformation sir – professor john charmley’s “britain’s latter-day reformation” (comment, july 29) is at best a “r...

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