Rare snowfall turns Vatican in a winter wonderland
Former Vatican official explores ‘lights and shadows of the Church’
Christ’s prayer at the Last Supper can be seen as ‘as instituting the Church’, the Pope says
Highlights include the Pope’s first tweet and World Youth Day in Madrid
Pope says the example of the Holy Family should inspire all Christian families
Pope prays for those suffering in the Horn of Africa in his Urbi et Orbi address
Pope offers Christmas greetings to Vatican officials
Benedict XVI spoke about the meaning of Christmas as well as the importance of being close to Christ throughout the entire year
Pope laments overcrowding in prisons and tells hundreds of inmates that they are worthy of dignity
Pope chooses picture of the Adoration of the Shepherds for Christmas greetings
According to Vatican commentator Andrea Tornielli, Blessed Hildegard of Bingen will be named a Doctor of the Church next October
Rolf-Dieter Heuer invites Pope to visit CERN facility in Switzerland
Italian priest says Benedict XVI asked him: “How can I leave?”
Comment & Blogs
Today's Catholic must-reads: 08/02/12
By Luke Coppen
Dickens is disappointingly thin - give me AN Wilson anytime
By Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith
If a woman is a priest, she can also be a bishop: if she’s not, she can’t. Either way, there is now only one way out for Catholic Anglicans: it’s over the Tiber
By William Oddie
More than any monarch, Queen Elizabeth II understands the spiritual element of her coronation oath
By Francis Phillips
Despite reports of violence, I feel totally safe walking around Mexico
By Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith
Morning Catholic must-reads: 07/02/12
By Luke Coppen
Is the ‘anthropogenic global warming’ consensus on the point of collapse? If so, this is just the right time for Chris Huhne to leave the Government
By William Oddie
Smacking laws are unworkable products of Left-wing middle class diktat
By Francis Phillips