The Two Popes: one giant leap of faith
Review: Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce go full throttle in a sanitised version of the truth
Pope Francis: The pontiff who speaks fluent Human
Review: Wim Wenders’s lengthy interview is an eminently watchable study
Pope’s visit to Ireland: everything you need to know
Why is he visiting? Where will he stay? and more questions answered
Pope Francis documentary: A film that could buttress the case for sainthood
Director Wim Wenders says pope answered every question ‘spontaneously and in-depth’
Cannes 2018: walkouts galore at von Trier screening
Cannes diary: Spike Lee’s black Klan comedy, Wim Wenders’s Papal pic and Lars von Trier’s latest outrage
Five years of Pope Francis: Lots of style, little substance
He has appalled the Catholic right, disappointed liberals and delivered little real change
Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor dies aged 85
Cleric with Irish roots was formerly leader of the Catholic church in England and Wales
Cardinal’s secret US visit paved way for Obama-Castro détente
Influential Cuban cleric Jaime Ortega warns of new uncertainty in US-Cuban relations
Ex-pope Benedict admits he struggled to take decisions
In new book, Benedict says he was a better professor but his pontificate was not a failure
Pope Francis strongly criticises ‘entrenched’ Europe
Refugees and economy feature in powerful acceptance speech for Charlemagne Prize
Churchman gave Chinese agents false documents about Pope’s health, trial told
Vatileaks 2 trial in Vatican City court takes bizarre turn
Pope has approval rating any US politician would pray for
Right-wingers are wary of Pope Francis’s views on capitalist excess and care for weak
America Letter: Pope’s visits will bring US and Cuba together
Francis’s trip is an important gesture after his central role in historic rapprochement
Television: These wolves in teens’ clothing will have you howling with laughter
Review: ‘Raised By Wolves’, ‘ Pope Francis: The Sinner’, ‘American Crime’, ‘Republic of Telly’
Archbishop Diarmuid Martin warns against insensitive language in marriage equality and family debates
Pope Francis has told people not to judge any individual
American nuns at rough end of Pope Francis’s mixed messages
Whether deliberate or not, Vatican ambiguity is most harsh on women
Dirty War actions of Pope Francis still divisive in an Argentina scarred by dictatorship
Families of the ‘disappeared’ are cynical about the pope’s status as a moral leader
One year on, Pope Francis is focusing on changing structures of church governance
‘He will not bring about any dramatic changes in church teaching’
Pope Francis: possibly liberal, maybe a conservative, but definitely radical
Opinion: The evidence suggests a pontiff who wants a more collegial and decentralised church
Pope’s new broom sweeps Vatican Bank
Pope Francis has shown he is no friend of murky financial practices
Wrong on the women question, but Pope Francis is a clear voice for decency
Opinion: Pontiff’s declaration that he is a sinner is not merely an affectation
Pope calls for church that ‘keeps the doors open’
Pope Francis addresses many of the hottest issues of his pontificate
Pope has no intention of doing for the church what Gorbachev did for the USSR
If you want to set an original moral compass you don’t belong within any organised religion
Jesuit questions Pope Francis’s record in Argentina
Priests says institute in Buenos Aires never criticised or opposed the government
Pope calls for dialogue with Islam and greater efforts to combat poverty
New pontiff makes impassioned plea for defence of the poor
Permanent scar from Vincent Browne show for Fine Gael TD
Jim Daly got into an unusual spot on the late-night current affairs show
Pope without pomp
The election of Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio surprised Vatican watchers. Why did the cardinals choose him, and what will this unshowy Argentinian do for the Catholic Church?
Election of Bergoglio as pope gives unfortunate impression to outside world
Implication is that failings of Catholic Church during Argentina’s Dirty War are now forgiven
Change of style on first day in office for Pope Francis
‘We’re going to have to get used to a new way of doing things,’ says spokesman
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