Faith Leads to Freedom
Christian faith is belief in the concrete work of God and leads to concrete witness and action by believers, Pope...
April 2017
Vatican Says it Would Welcome Visit by Trump
If U.S. President Donald Trump requests a meeting with Pope Francis in May, the Vatican will try to make it...
Image and Imagination: Devotions are not the same for all
We’ve just had the feast of the Divine Mercy, a devotion started by St Faustina in Poland and widely promoted by...
In a Fortress with the Crusaders
In February GÜNTHER SIMMERMACHER made a private visit to the Holy Land. In the last in a series of six...
Celibacy Nowhere Required by God
Romany Rubin, Pretoria – I read the interview with Fr Michael Fuller on clerical celibacy with interest (March 15). Chastity...
Luther’s Impact 500 Years after Reformation
The issue of papal authority was the one point that led Martin Luther to break from the Catholic Church, according...
Church Recognises Marriages by SSPX
Continuing initiatives aimed at a reconciliation with the Society of St Pius X, Pope Francis has made it possible for...
Prayer: Lessons from the Women
In the weeks after Easter we hear a number of accounts in which the risen Jesus encounters his somewhat perplexed...
1,28 Billion Catholics; Half are in Ten Countries
Taken together, the ten countries with the most Catholics account for almost 56% of the world’s Catholic population, the Vatican...
