Pope Francis

The Holy Father’s trip to Far East reflected both his mission and reluctance to slow down

when 87-year-old pope francis boarded ita airways flight az4001 – that, by the way, is always the designation for a pope’s outbound fli...

Can the Synod really achieve any of its aims?

much of this month will be taken up by the synod on synodality, the latest instalment in the synodal process which has been such a distincti...

The Catholic Herald

Art for the autumnal equinox on Faith, Hope and Love

on a bright and crisp northern california sunday afternoon, los angeles-based artist deborah lanino’s exhibition of twenty-five paintings re...

Women priests activists disrupt papal Mass

brussels – pope francis closed his visit to belgium on sunday with the beatification of spanish nun and missionary anne of jesus, telling ca...

Pope drops in on Belgian homeless

brussels – pope francis has made an unannounced visit to a parish in brussels where he met with members of the local homeless population and...

Diary: Life in the papal jet-set

every papal trip, however long or short, is a bit of a rat-race. for the press, it usually involves early check-ins and, therefore, absurdly...

Pope's apology to abuse victims rejected by survivors' group as 'damage control'

brussels – after pope francis met a group of survivors of clerical sexual abuse in belgium friday, one advocacy organization has said such g...

All religions 'divinely inspired', re-asserts Pope against teachings of his predecessors

pope francis has repeated his controversial teaching that all religions are divinely inspired by god. in a message to an interreligious gath...

Cardinal Parolin warns European project is neglecting Catholicism to its own detriment

with pope francis now embarked on his trip to luxembourg and belgium, cardinal secretary of state pietro parolin set the stage and alluded t...

A weary Pope gets an easy start in Luxembourg before entering the lion’s den on latest European trip

pope francis appealed for peace and for the integration of migrants in a europe continuing to reel from the war in ukraine and an ongoing mi...