Vatican News

a french court has sentenced a priest to two years in prison, with a third year suspended, for the sexual abuse of minors. at the same time,...

Catholic News Agency

Pope Francis also appointed Cardinal Oswald Gracias of Bombay and Archbishop Charles Scicluna

Hannah Brockhaus/CNA

the crossway by guy stagg (picador) is a young man’s book. written in 2013 when he was 25, it tells of his walk from canterbury to jerusalem...

Francis Phillips

the holy see’s request that the us bishops not vote on abuse-related measures was “disappointing” , cardinal blase cupich has said. human bo...

Luke Coppen

our own holiness will mend the church sir – in the opening paragraph of his article “the root of the abuse crisis” (august 31), christopher ...

The Catholic Herald

Every ten years, half the population of the small town of Oberammergau appears in the spectacular production

Michael White

Lorenzo Lotto’s works rivalled the extravagance of his sitters

Laura Freeman

cardinal joseph zen, emeritus of hong kong, was in rome earlier this month to hand-deliver a letter to pope francis about the escalating per...

Fr Raymond de Souza

nestorius (386-450) was born in germanicia in the roman province of syria – now kahramanmaraş, in turkey. he became a monk in a monastery in...

Charles Coulombe

Last week, the Vatican dramatically blocked the US bishops’ proposals to tackle the crisis. What happens next?

Michael Warren Davis and Damian Thompson