Following the enforced resignation of Justin Welby as Archbishop of Canterbury, numerous assessments have been made about his role in the post. Today, Gavin Ashenden is joined by an authoritative ...

ROME – When Pope Francis visits the French Mediterranean island of Corsica tomorrow, it’ll be a chance to reiterate his well-known positions on migration and climate, and to empower the appeal ...

MUMBAI – A May 25 attack on Christians in north-central Pakistan by an enraged Muslim mob, accusing a Christian man of having defaced the Quran, represents a “dark day” for the country’s ...

Of all the recent commentary on the Middle East, what has been flickering irritably in my peripheral vision are the twinkling, pastel-coloured Marian devotions on the many Instagram accounts I ...

“The word of God is something alive and active: it cuts like any double-edged sword but more finely.” (Hebrews 4:12) In Sunday’s second reading, why is the word of God compared not merely to ...

Waiting to Be Arrested at Night Tahir Hamut Izgil Jonathan Cape, £18.99, 272 pages This poet’s account of life under intense surveillance in Urumqi, the capital of the Uyghur autonomous region ...