Pope Francis

Francis in Cuba: Pontiff makes detour to meet Fidel Castro

pope francis took time out of his formal programme on sunday to visit cuba’s former leader, fidel castro. vatican spokesman fr federico lomb...
Catholic Herald View

The priests who survived the atomic bomb

From the Catholic Herald of August 5, 2010: The remarkable survival of Jesuit Fathers in Hiroshima has echoes in the Bible and Fatima
Donal Anthony Foley

Too Christian for his own good?

britain has a somewhat confused attitude to religion. we take a dim view of religion’s overall contribution to the world but on balance we’d...
Catholic Herald View

Has America got ‘Francis fatigue’?

the pope’s popularity in the us is falling ahead of his first visit. is his environment encyclical to blame, asks madeleine teahan is pope f...
Catholic Herald View

Pope uses iPad to sign up to WYD

pope francis has become the first person to sign up for next year’s world youth day in poland. the pontiff registered using an ipad in the w...
Catholic Herald View

Our best weapon is prayer

pope francis is probably doing more than all other world leaders combined to keep the plight of persecuted middle eastern christians before ...
Catholic Herald View

The Pope, it seems, has mastered the impenetrable new world of cyberspace

Me? I am still struggling – what on earth is Facebook?
William Oddie

Morning Catholic must-reads: 26/01/11

A daily guide to what's happening in the Catholic Church
Luke Coppen

Pope endorses online social networking

Networks such as Facebook are tools for preaching the Gospel, Pope Benedict XVI says in message for World Communications Day
Anna Arco

The call for a new Syllabus of Errors, this time on Vatican II, should be heeded

Pio Nono’s Syllabus Errorum has had an undeservedly bad press: it is still relevant today
William Oddie