Vatican News

Pope approves second Fatima seers miracle

pope francis has approved the recognition of a miracle attributed to the intercession of two of the shepherd children who saw our lady of fa...

Shrine at Jesus’s tomb ‘may still collapse’

restorers have said there is a “very real risk” that the shrine built over jesus’s tomb may collapse. their warning came just as the structu...

More right than wrong

fifty years ago, pope paul vi released an encyclical that changed the world. not humanae vitae, whose 50th anniversary falls next year, but ...

The Catholic Herald

Tudor house recreates Henry VIII-era Mass

a former tudor mansion is offering visitors the chance to listen to an audio reconstruction of a 16th-century mass. the vyne, a country hous...

Pope Francis demands urgent action to protect civilians in Mosul

Francis said forces involved in the battle to drive ISIS from the city have an obligation to protect innocents

Associated Press

Peter Saunders: 'Vatican abuse commission wants compliant survivors, so I'm unlikely to return'

Peter Saunders told the Catholic Herald that he will never stay quiet about the issue of child protection

Madeleine Teahan

World peace cannot be achieved by maintaining nuclear weapons, Pope tells UN

Pope Francis's statement was read out a UN meeting on nuclear arms

Can small children be saints? Fatima shows the answer is yes

Even before the Vatican approved Jacinta and Francisco's miracle, the Fatima seers' holiness was obvious

Stephen Bullivant

The Pope's example in tackling anti-Semitism is a model for all leaders

Work to reach out to communities and confront anti-Semitic mindsets should not be underestimated

John Mann and Nusrat Ghani

Marie Collins thanks members of Vatican commission on abuse for support

Collins, who resigned from the commission, thanked one of its members for 'confirming that she was telling the truth' over her decision to quit