Pope Francis

New Japanese cardinal says Church must press for abolition of nuclear weapons as atomic bomb survivors win Nobel prize

japan’s top catholic prelate, recently named a cardinal by pope francis, has said that the catholic church in the country will not forget wh...

Nirmala Carvalho

A look into the apparently unstoppable Leonardo da Vinci-industrial complex

no name in art sells like leonardo da vinci. even banksy’s pranks and damien hirst’s provocations can’t seem to shake leonardo’s exalted sta...

Letter from the disaster zone: a bishop on his storm-wrecked diocese in North Carolina

natural disasters are nothing new on the planet. the fact that they are referred to as “natural” begs the question why we are so often caugh...

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Explicit anti-Catholic opera leaves 18 audience members requiring medical assistance

a radical-feminist opera performance has left 18 audience members needing medical treatment for shock and nausea at the stuttgart opera&nbsp...

The Catholic Herald

Archbishop Cordileone slams mandate for abortion signage at pregnancy centres

archbishop salvatore cordileone has criticised a measure that will be on the san francisco ballot come national elections in november that c...

New cardinals signal Catholicism’s centre shifting to Global South

several of the new cardinal-designates announced by pope francis have applauded the range of countries represented by those getting a red ha...

EDITORIAL: The telling outcome of the latest round of red-hat roulette

the holy father has done it again: 21 new prelates of his liking to be made cardinals on 8 december. by this stage of the francis papacy the...

The Catholic Herald

Timothy Radcliffe OP named cardinal in latest round of Pope's red-hat handouts

rome – pope francis on sunday announced a consistory in december for the creation of 21 new cardinals from all over the world, representing ...

Franken v Francis: protests planned in Rome after Pope rules out women deacons

rome – referring to the handling of questions about the role of women in the church at the current synod of bishops on synodality as “catast...

Conservative or liberal, right or left? Speaking Catholic with Pope Francis

rome – a few days ago, pope francis said something which, ironically, his most ferocious critics on the far catholic right likely would be t...