Vatican News

The way ahead for gay Catholics

two years ago cardinal vincent nichols asked me to be his liaison and chaplain to the farm street lgbt group in central london. that same we...

Mgr Keith Barltrop

The Australian Church must hold its nerve

the sexual abuse charges against cardinal george pell by the victoria police are a test for australian criminal justice, the australian chur...

Fr Raymond de Souza

Anthony Burgess, lapsed Catholic bore

what with all the seminars and symposiums, it has been a busy year for burgess scholars. this week the carnival continued in manchester, whe...

Jonathan Wright

The dying monk who drove a cardinal to silence

the power of silence by cardinal robert sarah, ignatius, £14 this is a deeply impressive book, equal to cardinal sarah’s earlier one, god or...

Francis Phillips

Prize crossword 0498

cryptic across 5 disastrous blow to harem seeing an apostle (11) 7 sanctimonious press man’s patchily colourful (4) 8 joy’s transport? (8) 9...

Anthony Burgess was a gifted writer, but had the theology of a lapsed Catholic bore

When it came to religion, the dazzling novelist was achingly dull

Jonathan Wright

Pope praises late-Cardinal Meisner's faithful, fearless dedication

Pope Francis prayed God would reward the cardinal for his 'faithful and fearless dedication to the well-being of the people of the East and West'

Joaquin Navarro-Valls, who headed the Vatican press office for 22 years, has died

Navarro-Valls, the first lay journalist to hold the position, overhauled the Vatican press office

Catholic News Service

Charlie Gard cannot be moved to Vatican hospital, Boris Johnson says

The foreign secretary said the terminally ill child cannot leave Great Ormond Street Hospital for legal reasons

Jacob Rees-Mogg has chosen an excellent Catholic name for his newborn son

The Conservative MP's sixth child can learn a lot from his historical namesakes

Jonathan Wright