Mother Teresa is to attain the highest honour bestowed on any within the Catholic Church – on the 4th of September this year, she will be made a saint. But her 'fast-tracked' canonisation is seen by
Fashion is not just what you wear, but how you wear it: it's about performance. Fashion shows are part of the way in which a brand constructs its identity for a global audience, and this year, Gucci has
According to the morning headlines, today Pope Francis is set to announce an overhaul of the rules governing marriage that apply, in principle anyway, to the world’s one billion Catholics. The intention is to make
Last Sunday, in something of a PR coup, Pope Francis I carried out an ‘unprecedented’ canonisation ceremony for not just one, but two popes, John XXIII (pope 1958-63) and the rather-better-known John Paul II (pope
On Sunday, the bishop of Rome and leader of the Catholic Church, also known as Pope Francis, displayed the bones of the apostle Peter at a mass celebrated on the steps of St Peter’s basilica
‘Don’t’ forget the poor’ whispered the Brazilian Cardinal Claudio Hummes to the Argentine cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio as he was elected as the first Latin American pope three months ago. Remembering the poor, the new