Pope Leo XIV

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...

Take the risk of following Christ; do not fear ‘the night of failure’, Pope declares on last day in Indonesia

jakarta – pope francis celebrated mass for the indonesia's minority catholic population on his final day in the country, telling them not to...

Elise Ann Allen

Pope Francis calls Chinese "a great people" and engages with criticisms of his papacy

rome – in a new interview with the jesuit province of china, pope francis expressed his desire to visit the country and spoke of his admirat...

Who will hold the keys of St Peter next? The ups and downs of expertise

while american journalist david von drehle has enjoyed a highly distinguished career, including stints with both the washington post and tim...

What does it mean if we are 'kept' in the name of the Father?

"holy father, keep those you have given me true to your name, so that they may be one like us. while i was with them, i kept those you had g...

Fr David Howell

Archdiocese of Birmingham gets two new Auxiliary Bishops

pope francis has appointed two new auxiliary bishops to serve the archdiocese of birmingham. monsignor timothy menezes, dean of st chad's ca...

The Catholic Herald

'England and The Papacy in the Early Middle Ages', by Benjamin Savill

england and the papacy in the early middle ages benjamin savill oxford university press, £83, 352 pages relations between england and the pa...

The problem (and danger) of knowing absolutely everything

the esoteric fifteenth century philosopher pico dell miranda, was so confident as a polymath that he wrote a treatise called de omni re scib...

Clash of the Prefects: An Olympian struggle between two opposed theological visions

clash of the titans is a nearly 50-year-old fantasy action film based on ancient greek mythology. since 2013, quite a few catholics have rep...

Pax Mongolica: Pope Francis praises the unifying legacy of Genghis Khan

ulaanbaatar – standing in a country that borders both russia and china, pope francis on saturday praised what he called mongolia’s foreign p...