And I really can’t be doing with all this “emeritus” stuff. He’s still simply Pope Benedict to me

Pope addresses more than 30,000 people in St Peter's Square

Margaret Thatcher had her critics, Pope Francis can expect to have his too

Pope speaks at Mass with workers from St Peter's Basilica

Fr David Vincent Meconi SJ says God sends Pope Francis at the moment we most need him

This week’s issue of The Catholic Herald features an archive interview with Margaret Thatcher from 1978; Therese Coffey MP argues Margaret Thatcher’s life was inspired by her faith; Paolo Gambi reports on the pop star who is descending on the Vatican; Daniel Kalder lists the greatest Catholic films of all time; Stuart Reid explores the

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