Pope Francis

Is Orthodoxy unravelling?

After 50 years of preparation, the Pan-Orthodox Council has fallen apart at the last minute. Many are blaming Moscow, but that is far too simplistic

Trendy anti-Zionists are reawakening medieval hatred against Jews

Anti-Semitism is still rife in society – some of it carefully concealed. Catholics must help to fight it

Howard Jacobson

Want to stop taking the Mass for granted? This book will help

The 'most real thing in our everyday existence should be the Eucharist', according to author Francis J Pierson

Francis Phillips

Pope withdraws ‘invalid marriage’ comments

pope francis has withdrawn a claim that most catholic marriages can be considered invalid because people do not understand that sacramental ...

Three dead in bombing aimed at Syrian Patriarch

three people were killed by a suicide bomber in an attack on a memorial service in north-east syria last sunday. patriarch ignatius aphrem i...

BBC religion reporter steps down

caroline wyatt, the bbc’s religious affairs correspondent, is to step down as a reporter after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (ms) ...

Pope prays for Orthodox as council opens

pope francis offered his prayers on sunday as the first pan-orthodox council opened with nine out of 14 churches. after reciting the angelus...

In brief

vatican settles nine more refugees in rome the vatican has brought a second group of syrian refugees to rome. the nine refugees, including t...

The Pope’s U-turn won’t end debate

last week, for the first time in his pontificate, pope francis retracted a comment. but in between the comment and the retraction, he a...

Armenia has a genius for rising above suffering, says Francis ahead of visit

The papal message was broadcast on Armenian television