Pope Francis

Year of Mercy: We need Catholics with ‘attitude’

recently, i visited a remarkable day centre in the south of england that cares for the homeless. it’s called the vine centre and it occupies...

Bishop Philip Egan

What’s good about the Reformation?

almost five centuries ago, on october 31, 1517, a german monk called martin luther reputedly nailed his ninety-five theses on the power and ...

Ordinariate gains its first bishop

pope francis has named mgr steven lopes the first bishop of the ordinariate, which serves groups of former anglicans living in full communio...

Francis urges families to ‘radiate God’s love’

pope francis called for kenya to support its families during his first public mass in africa. in his homily, francis urged the country to re...

Honour your martyrs, Francis tells Ugandans

pope francis has urged ugandans to honour their martyrs every day by caring for others. the pope made the appeal at a mass outside the ...

Pope asks Central Africans to 'lay down instruments of death'

put down the weapons of war and work for justice, pope francis has urged the people of the central african republic. “even when the pow...

Lourdes chief praises British model of pilgrimage

a senior official at lourdes has hailed british pilgrimages as the best in the world. dr alessandro de franciscis, president of the off...

Westminster gains two new auxiliary bishops

pope francis has appointed two auxiliary bishops to the diocese of westminster, canon paul mcaleenan and mgr john wilson. the episcopal...

The best of the Catholic blogosphere

✣   highlights from the week online a good man maligned tim muldoon of aleteia wrote about the film spotlight, based on the story of ho...

The big story of the past seven days

✣  pope hails 'wisdom of the poor' in nairobi what happened? the pope denounced the conditions slum-dwellers had to live in during...