Both Pontiffs left lasting marks on the way the Church understands other faiths

John XXIII and his assistant often skirted papal protocol

Saints show us that we are all called to practise heroic virtue even when life seems too tough

The late Pontiff had a pivotal part to play

Pope John XXIII called the Second Vatican Council in the conviction that it was necessary for the Catholic Church, yet without pre-conceived ideas of what it would accomplish, said Vatican II participants who recalled the event half a century later. John had come to a “conviction that something ought to be done in order to…

Polish Pope emerged as a forceful moral leader

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Martin O’Brien meets a Catholic unionist

Dislike of powerful capitalism is no reason to reject new technology

Derry’s Bishop Donal McKeown speaks of his new role