Robert Harris: ‘MPs should elect the Labour leader as cardinals elect the pope’
Author Robert Harris turns to the mysteries of the papal conclave for his new novel – ambition and intrigues are familiar ground to a former political journalist
December 2014
Renewed US-Cuba relations biggest success in Vatican diplomacy in decades
Pope and envoys played acknowledged roles in healing breach, focusing on Guantanamo bay and humanitarian issues
May 2014
Eyewitness
Eyewitness: Bethlehem
Photographs from the Guardian Eyewitness series
October 2013
Pope Francis eager to lose 'narcissistic' nature of papal court
Pontiff criticises Roman curia for self-interested Vatican-centric vision that neglects Catholics of wider world