Pope Francis

Pope 'understands' criticism of his handling of abuse crisis, says author

The claim, by Bavarian author Peter Seewald, is based on a series of interviews with the Pontiff earlier this year

Roger Scruton would approve of David Cameron's Big Society

He could have provided a philosophic commentary to this week's party conference

Francis Phillips

Pope groupie meets Pope

On Catholic media and meeting the Holy Father

Stonyhurst pupils feel privileged to see Pontiff

Pupils talk about seeing the Pope at several of the major events

The Pope in his library

Portrait of Pope Benedict XVI reproduced on the occasion of his visit to Britain

Pope Benedict XVI condemns the mafia

Pontiff speaks out against the 'path of death' of organised crime

The Catholic Herald

St Francis would have abhorred factory farming

And he could have taught Buddhists a thing or two about respect for animals

Francis Phillips

Let's bring World Youth Day to Britain

A World Youth Day here in 2012 or 2013 would build on the momentum of the Benedict bounce

A new idea of the Ordinariate is emerging

It should no longer be seen as a halfway house for disaffected Anglo-Catholics 'defecting' from the Church of England

The Catholic Herald

Bishop of Shrewsbury installed at Mass in cathedral

In his first pastoral letter, Bishop Mark Davies calls faithful to a year of prayer to Mary