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Pope’s new encyclical will provoke backlash, says Peruvian archbishop

June 09, 2015

The Archbishop of Huancayo says encyclical released this month will have 'many critics'

Books blog: St Francis wasn’t sentimental about animals and we shouldn’t be either

April 28, 2015

St Francis didn’t think animals were 'almost' like us - he loved them because they had come from the hand of God

St Francis and the Pope: Catalysts for change?

January 12, 2015

St Francis was not above the magisterial teachings of the Church - and neither is the Pope

How Franciscan is Pope Francis?

August 07, 2014

What perhaps we are not seeing from this Pope is the mystical and ecstatic characteristics of St Francis

Pope visits Assisi on feast of St Francis – as it happened

October 04, 2013

Minute-by-minute coverage of the historic visit to the birthplace of St Francis

Some think it ironic that pugnacious Mrs Thatcher should pray for harmony. But she was closer to St Francis than you may think.

April 09, 2013

She believed also in truth, in faith, and in hope where there was despair; and she prayed for these things, too.

Don’t believe what you’ve read about Cardinal Martini’s last interview

September 04, 2012

The cardinal was calling for a religious revival, not for the abolition of unpopular Church teachings

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