Pope greets young pilgrims at vast gathering in Rio

Closing vigil and Mass will now take place on Copacabana Beach

Pontiff urges youngsters to resist exclusion from society

Holy Father says: 'You are not alone, the Church is with you, the Pope is with you'

'Never tire of working for a more just world," says Pontiff

Bishops say discussions on Israel-Palestine conflict were “timely and challenging”

Scripture readings in the Ordinary and Extraordinary Forms

Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Gn 18:20-32; Ps 138; Col 2:12-14; Lk 11:1-13 (Year C)

St Germanus of Auxerre (August 3) led the Britons in a victory against Saxon raiders

In this week’s print edition of The Catholic Herald there is full coverage of Pope Francis’s visit to Brazil for World Youth Day 2013; Madeleine Teahan interviews Jacob Rees-Mogg MP; the strange disappearance of Fr Henry Borynski is re-examined; Mary Kenny says Lord Longford was right all along; Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith asks whether the Church

Pope Francis offers words of comfort and issues challenge to drug users at St Francis of Assisi hospital

Pope address staff and patients at Rio hosptial