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
The Pope has lunched with unemployed shipbuilders during a visit to Ancona
Fr Joe Bayne says God’s presence was vivid at Ground Zero
Ambassador Nigel Baker presents credentials to the Pope
Benedict XVI reflects on Psalm 3 at weekly general audience in St Peter’s Square
Today is the Doctor of the Church’s feast day
At his general audience Pope Benedict XVI says art ‘reveals our thirst for infinite beauty, for God’
Albino Luciani was elected on the fourth ballot of the August 1978 conclave
Members of the Ratzinger-Schülerkreis meet at Castel Gandolfo
A group of priests and lay people were arrested in the city of Tianshui, in northeastern China
Benedict XVI reflects on trip to Spain at general audience
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