Pope Francis

Is WYD all about shouting and cheering? That depends on who you are with

It’s no doubt possible to pass through the WYD experience at a fairly superficial level

Brother Conor McDonough

Pope: 'In welcoming the outcast, our credibility as Christians is at stake'

Holy Father urges youth to follow Jesus's Way of the Cross through works of mercy

Junno Arocho Esteves

WYD bureaucracy is Kafka meets Enid Blyton - but I ended up being thankful for it

Even the unbearable humidity, crammed public transport and papal mistranslations couldn't detract from the joy of World Youth Day

Brother Conor McDonough

The new Syro-Malabar cathedral shows the north-west can still be a Catholic powerhouse

Groups like the Syro-Malabar Catholics and the Institute of Christ the King are filling previously empty churches

Stephen Bullivant

The Pope's comments on Fr Hamel's murder were very mysterious

Does the Holy Father believe that ISIS is really a front for something else?

Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith

Pope Francis makes silent visit to Auschwitz

Pontiff sits on a bench in silent prayer during trip to Nazi death camp

Associated Press

No, Benedict XVI hasn’t been brainwashed

The Pope Emeritus stating there is no unpublished secret has only fuelled the Fatima rumour machine

Mary Kenny: The one thing Harry gets wrong

prince harry has been doing a lot of good works in recent times – he’s very dedicated to the cause of injured soldiers – and now he has join...

Ad orientem in the land of the martyrs

šiauliai, lithuania the hill of the crosses, near šiauliai in northern lithuania, is one of the most moving places of pilgrimage anywhere. f...

Fr Raymond de Souza

‘The Holy See was around before the EU existed’

ten years ago, the british embassy to the holy see seemed as if it was on its way out. the ambassador arrived in rome via ryanair with no on...