Pope Francis

Ambassador says criticism of papal visit is not widespread

Francis Campbell says visit will improve cooperation between British government and Holy See

The Catholic Herald

Colm Tóibín wants the Church to be beautiful and exotic. But she has to impart truth, too

Beauty left to itself becomes ugly and malevolent

Francis Phillips

Friends donate painting

Birmingham Oratory given portrait of Blessed Pope Pius IX

Distressed by the atheist onslaught? Get a grip of yourself

This is how things are meant to be: get used to it

Benedict XVI: I felt 'hemmed in' growing up under Nazism

Pope Benedict issues his message for World Youth Day 2011

Huw Twiston Davies

Pope to bless mosaic with holy water from Wales

The Pope will use water from St Non's well in Pembrokeshire to bless a new mosaic of St David at Westminster Cathedral

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

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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