Pope Francis

don’t try to pigeonhole the synod fathers you won’t be able to understand what happens at next month’s gathering if you insist on labelling ...

Wilfrid Napier

in the downstairs cafe at rome’s fiumicino airport, the cappuccino is hot, sweet and as fragrant as the vamps who surround us: the well-dres...

Catholic Herald View

francis wants a strong debate at next month’s gathering – that seems certain. but everything else is up in the air, says ed west next m...

Catholic Herald View

pope francis has named american jesuit brother guy consolmagno as director of the vatican observatory. he replaces argentine jesuit fr ...

Catholic Herald View

the names of 360 people attending next month’s family synod were unveiled by the vatican this week. forty-five of the synod fathers hav...

Catholic Herald View

pope francis has told the cuban people that love and service, not ideology, are the keys to their happiness. “we do not serve ideas, we...

Catholic Herald View

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

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

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

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