Pope Francis

Pope pays respects to his late confessor and praises Franciscan order

at the weekend the pope made an unexpected trip across rome to pay his respects to a franciscan priest who died last week and had been the p...
Crux Staff

All doubts are dispelled by a convert’s first enchanted encounter with the Eternal City

as a convert to catholicism, i’d deliberately delayed my inaugural visit to rome. i was aware of the impact such a trip to the “eternal city...
Tom Colsy

'Why wear distinctive clerical dress?' - One of the Herald’s chaplains answers your questions

a concerned catholic : i was told that pope francis, at the synod last year, circulated a paper which, among things, advocated the abolition...
The Catholic Herald

Editorial: Harrison Butker's courageous convictions highlight a reality of the Catholic Church in the US today

quite the most astonishing thing about a speech given by the professional american footballer harrison butker last month, is the backlash it...
The Catholic Herald

The remarkable day that showed why every pope is a star

rome – friday was among the most remarkable single days in the entire pope francis era, and given the way this papacy has generated non-stop...
John L Allen

The chilling story of how eugenic theory, and later IVF, was pioneered in Britain

last month, a public opinion survey led by harvard medical school researchers  found  that three out of four adults supported pre-...
Anthony McCarthy

Right-wing shift in European elections could both hinder and help Pope’s agenda

less than a week after pope francis called on people to recognise migrants as “a living image of god’s people on their way to the eternal ho...
John L Allen

Brother of 'Vatican girl' says new papal-ordered inquest is a 'farce'

rome – pietro orlandi, the brother of a 15-year-old girl whose 1983 disappearance remains the most notorious unsolved vatican mystery of the...
Crux Staff

Pope sends sympathetic response to young man rejected from seminary for being gay

reports that pope francis has corresponded with a young man who claimed he was rejected from seminary for being gay have gained resonance du...
The Catholic Herald

Corpus Christi Sunday: Pope Francis tells Catholics to be ‘pieces of bread' and rebuild what hatred destroys

rome – on sunday’s liturgical solemnity of corpus christi, pope francis said god’s presence in the eucharist is a reminder of his presence i...
Elise Allen