Pope Francis

Benedict XVI gives book-length interview to German journalist

It will be the first in-depth interview of the Pope since his election in 2005

Pope prays for trapped miners in Chile

Miners convert part of their shelter into a shrine as they brace themselves for another four months underground

Huw Twiston Davies

Youth 2000 offers gateway back to God

As the movement marks its 20th birthday Damian Arnold talks to young people whose lives have been transformed by the initiative

Newman's feast day will be October 9

Pope Benedict XVI will make the announcement during the beatification Mass next month

Huw Twiston Davies

Pope calls for end to killing in Somalia

Pontiff makes plea after rebels massacre 32 people in Mogadishu hotel

Cardinal: visit will boost faith

Cardinal Keith O’Brien: Pope will remind Catholics in Britain how they should live their faith today

Morning Catholic must-reads: 24/08/10

A daily guide to what's happening in the Catholic Church

Talking about angels with an atheist is like admitting to a belief in aliens

I told him everyone had a guardian angel, and that they were 'all around us at this moment'. For my atheist brother-in-law, this was too much

Francis Phillips

The English martyr hanged at the age of 80

St John Kemble (August 22), a much-loved Catholic priest whose execution was horribly botched

Closing a Catholic adoption agency is not in the 'interests of children'

Our descendants will look back in amazement at the gullibility of our age