The aisle is paved with stone from an ancient Roman road; the apse is made of carefully trimmed evergreen bushes; the columns are tall, thin cypress trees; and the nave is a lily pond, complete with gold fish. Welcoming visitors to "our outdoor church" in Castel Gandolfo, Osvaldo Gianoli explains, "it has always been a…

Cardinal George Pell speaks to Francis X. Rocca about changes to the Vatican’s financial structures

Former UK Holy See Ambassador and newly installed head of St Marys University, London, Francis Campbell speaks frankly to Martin O’Brien on Catholic vision, the Pope, Isis and Europe

The Columbans’ work in Korea has adapted over the past 80 years, writes Fr Donal O’Keefe, SSC.

We can still learn valuable lessons about the dangers of self-satisfaction from Catholic writer Flannery O’Connor says Fr Thomas G. Casey

US Bishop Frank Caggiano tells Cathal Barry how to engage young people in the Church

The Annunciation to Mary, according to the Scriptures, inaugurates "the fullness of time", the time of the fulfilment of God's promises and preparations. The Church teaches that Mary was invited to conceive him in whom the "whole fullness of deity" would dwell "bodily". The divine response to her question, "How can this be, since I…

In the final part of a five-part series Greg Daly arrives in Santiago de Compostella

In the fourth of a five-part series Greg Daly continues his journey on the Camino to Santiago

It’s not every day that one meets a prince. But Fra’ Matthew Festing, 79th Prince and Grand Master of the Order of Malta, wears it lightly. Fra’ Matthew’s full title is: His Most Eminent Highness Fra’ Matthew Festing, Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes…