Vatican News

Rigid thinking isn't divine, Pope tells staff of Jesuit magazine

The Pope met editors at La Civilta Cattolica to mark its 4,000th edition

Junno Arocho Esteves

My Vatican journey

Holy See diplomacy has achieved impressive results in supporting peace efforts worldwide. As Britain’s ambassador, I hope to help build on that work

Pope Francis’s traditionalists

John Paul II couldn’t strike a deal that satisfied the SSPX. Nor could Benedict. Enter the unlikeliest of bridge-builders

Damian Thompson

Cardinal Pell clashes with Greens amid row over abuse inquiry

The party has an 'anti-religion agenda', Cardinal Pell's spokesman says after it demanded he return to Australia

Madeleine Teahan

Communication breakdown

romans woke up last saturday to a disturbing sight. posters featuring a stern-looking pope francis had been plastered all over the historic ...

The Catholic Herald

The big story of the past seven days

✣  anti-francis posters cause a stir in rome what happened? dozens of posters sprang up around rome on saturday in an anonymous protest...

The best of the Catholic blogosphere

✣   highlights from the week online the end of catholics’ ‘grand narrative’? the economist’s erasmus blog raised a topical question: “i...

Bishop establishes centre for Old Mass in Devon

bishop mark o’toole of plymouth has established a permanent base for the traditional latin mass in devon. a sunday morning mass in the extra...

Francis names delegate to Order of Malta

pope francis has named archbishop angelo becciu, vatican substitute secretary of state, as his special delegate and spokesman to the order o...

Iraqi archbishop to help ISIS victims go home

archbishop bashar warda of erbil has unveiled plans to provide a future for iraq’s displaced christians – despite fresh reports showing the ...