Pope Francis

Why did the secular press get the pope so wrong about condoms?

They were not helped by the claims of some Catholics that Catholic teaching on sexuality was collapsing

Our bishops are leading the way towards a Big Society

Their support for Coalition reform is brave and bold. But can it do any good?

Print edition 3.12.10

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The Ordinariate will not undermine ecumenical relations, says archbishop

Archbishop Bernard Longley says that an Ordinariate will contribute positively to ecumenical dialogue

The Catholic Herald

The Pope believes that dialogue with Islam is crucial

But "dialogue" does not mean we have to water down what we know to be the truth

Francis Phillips

English mystic Julian of Norwich understood that God is love, says Pope

In his weekly catechesis Pope Benedict held up the medieval mystic as a woman who understood that divine love is at the heart of spiritual life

Pope's election took US diplomats by surprise

Pope Benedict's election caught American diplomats by surprise, Wikileaks documents from Rome have revealed

Let's move on from condoms. What the Pope said about the priesthood is more interesting

Despite the furore over condoms, Light of the World, the book-length interview with Pope Benedict, is about a whole lot more than sex.

Francis Phillips

On littleness and the liturgy

A meditation on Anglicanorum Coetibus and related matters

Claudio Salvucci

Pakistani Christian jailed for blasphemy is freed

A Pakistani Christian man sentenced to 25 years in jail for blasphemy was freed this week