Vatican News

Roman Curia: Five years on tenterhooks

officials are adrift as the vatican reels from one crisis to the next back in january, the question on everyone’s mind was: will the curial ...

Christopher R. Altieri

The world’s salvation

amid the darkness in the world and the church, there is one constant source of light it is hard to imagine a more pressing priority than ren...

Bishop Mark Davies

The next big thing

ancient liturgy, bollywood rhythms and stadium-filling enthusiasm: syro-malabar catholics are reinvigorating the church in the north west th...

The first sons of Tyburn

an event of historic significance in the life of the catholic church took place at a private ceremony in france last month, witnessed by a s...

From popes and purgatory to horror films and rap

dante’s divine comedy by ian thomson, head of zeus, 280pp, £18.99 the notion of a literary canon is an unfashionable one. on english courses...

The Church has been 'turned upside down' by abuse crisis, says cardinal

Cardinal Tobin says the Holy Spirit is 'smashing' old structures

Don Clemmer/ Catholic News Service

How to build a community in the 'new Dark Ages'

In modern cities, it is possible to become a hermit unintentionally. A new book suggests practical steps to avoid that fate

Francis Phillips

Trump defends Pope Francis's handling of the abuse crisis

The President told the Daily Caller: 'The Pope is handling it, I guess, the best anyone can handle it'

Who's in the running for Cafod's top job?

The aid agency is choosing a new director. Here are six possible candidates

Vatican updates schedule for papal visit to Baltic states

Pope Francis will make a four-day trip to Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia