Pope Francis

the triple crown – that oversized, turban-shaped, jewel-encrusted, gold-and-silver helmet – traditionally epitomised the pope’s power as god...

Miles Pattenden

the current craze for “cosy” crime fiction is illustrated by the massive success of writers such as richard osman and the revd richard coles...

Martin Edward

rome – at year’s end, it’s standard journalistic practice to look back at the most important stories of the past 12 months. since plenty of ...

John L Allen

pope francis today featured as the unexpected narrator for the bbc’s well-known religious-themed thought for the day radio segment, during w...

The Catholic Herald

festivals in faith: sermons for the liturgical year by st john henry newman edited by melinda nielsen the cenacle press, £24.00 “our saviour...

Simon Caldwell

rome - pope francis has initiated the christmas celebrations in rome by opening the holy door at st peter’s basilica in anticipation of the ...

Crux Staff

the 11 a.m. mass at st. mary's pro-cathedral in dublin was disrupted by a pro-palestinian protest on sunday. videos circulating online show ...

Thomas Edwards

rome – famously, von clausewitz defined war as “the continuation of politics by other means”. to hear some people tell it, president-elect d...

John L Allen

rome – the white house has announced that united states president joe biden will visit italy in january, where he will meet with pope franci...

Elise Allen

sri lankan cardinal malcolm ranjith of colombo has tried to ban girls from serving as altar servers in his archdiocese, on the grounds that ...

Elise Allen