Pope Francis

Pope Francis hails Armenia as a 'herald of Christ among the nations'

For Armenia, the Pope said, faith was not a 'garment to be donned or doffed' but an essential part of its identity

Associated Press

Pope Francis says Brexit vote leaves Europe with a 'great responsibility'

Onboard the papal flight to Armenia the Pope called for efforts to protect 'the good of the people of the United Kingdom'

Morning Catholic must-reads: 23/06/16

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Vatican is following the case of Bishop Ma, says spokesman

Fr Lombardi says Pope Francis remembers Chinese Catholics every day in prayer

Armenia must have a special place in God's heart

Pope Francis is about to encounter one of the world's great Christian civilisations

Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith

The land where the Jesuits embraced modernity

Book review: American Jesuits and the World by John T McGreevy

Jonathan Wright

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pope francis has withdrawn a claim that most catholic marriages can be considered invalid because people do not understand that sacramental ...