Pope Francis

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

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...