Pope Francis

Advantage the old guard

there is only one way to interpret the legislative text issued by pope francis on saturday: as a rebuff to cardinal george pell. the motu pr...

The Catholic Herald

Comments of the week

the eu abandoned christian ideals long ago sir – in defence of the eu, piers paul read remarks: “the laws passed in my lifetime that are tru...

The Catholic Herald

Politics turned upside down

new york i wouldn’t be the first to observe that donald trump never uses the words “freedom” or “liberty”. in the united states, a republica...

The sin we need to start talking about

catholics throughout the world have often taken the lead in opposing abortion, euthanasia, war, racism, hunger, poverty and pollution. and f...

William Doino Jr

We can have it both ways

it’s not often that academic conferences make headlines, but when the vatican’s liturgy chief, cardinal robert sarah, invited priests last w...

The Pontiff’s new American voice

pope francis made two groundbreaking appointments to the vatican press office on monday. his choice as deputy director of the press office w...

Madeleine Teahan

In brief

pope to visit chapel rebuilt by st francis pope francis will visit a stone chapel rebuilt by st francis of assisi next month to mark the 800...

Remarried ‘must live as siblings’

the archbishop of philadelphia has reiterated that divorced and remarried couples in his archdiocese should live “as brother and sister”. ar...

Vatican jails priest but acquits journalists

a vatican court has acquitted two journalists who published confidential documents but sentenced their source, a spanish monsignor, to 18 mo...

Veteran journalist named papal spokesman

pope francis has named two experienced journalists to lead the vatican press office. greg burke, from st louis in the united states, will su...