Sudden no-show renews concerns about the 87-year-old
Pope Francis
Rite & Reason: To make dogmatic statements about the mystery of God was, and continues to be, a great mistake
Moscow says attacks repelled and many gunmen killed days before presidential election
Moscow says pontiff’s comments were a request to Kyiv’s western allies to abandon their ambition to defeat Russia
Pope Francis criticised for his ‘white flag’ comments on possible negotiations to end war in Ukraine
UN rapporteur says Moscow’s forces use torture as ‘deliberate policy’ in Ukraine
Russia says negotiations impossible unless Kyiv accepts occupation of territory and other conditions that would limit sovereignty
Catholic Church has indicated its willingness to assist the State in providing for a plurality of schools, and has positively engaged in a process to achieve reconfiguration of patronage at primary level
Shadowy papal politics makes predictions difficult, but certain ‘papabile’ are already gathering their forces
A priest is now permitted to give ‘short and simple pastoral blessings – that are neither liturgical nor ritualised – of couples in irregular situations’, Archbishop Farrell said
Pontiff included ‘commercialisation’ of pregnancy in speech listing threats to global peace, human dignity
Country being attacked in a ‘multi-arena war’, according to Israeli defence minister Yoav Gallant
Pontiff calls for an end to conflicts worldwide and criticises global arms trade from balcony of St Peter’s
Ursula Halligan of We are Church group says declaration ‘a small step in the right direction’ but that conditions attached are ‘mean, stingy, and grudging’
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