Rail route of the month: Slavic magic on a gentle trip to Zakopane, Poland
Our slow travel expert discovers the legacy of popes and revolutionaries on a trip south from Kraków to the resort town in the Tatra Mountains
May 2023
The pope and Emanuela Orlandi: Vatican back in the spotlight over mystery of missing girl
‘What did the pope know?’: Poles divided over John Paul II abuse cover-up claims
April 2023
Pope Francis attacks ‘insinuations’ that John Paul II prowled for underage girls
Pope defends predecessor after remarks by brother of 15-year-old girl who went missing in Rome in 1983
January 2023
Vatican reopens investigation into teenager who went missing in 1983
The Guardian view on Catholicism after Benedict: winds of change blow from below
December 2022
Pope Benedict XVI obituary
First pontiff to retire in 600 years who, despite efforts at reform, failed to effect any radical change in the Roman Catholic church
May 2022
John Wilkins obituary
Editor of the Tablet whose independent stance infuriated the Vatican and conservative Roman Catholics
November 2020
Police identify man suspected of theft of Pope John Paul II's blood
Vatican report faults successive popes over defrocked cardinal Theodore McCarrick
October 2020
Station to station: imaginative works from Magnum's print sale – in pictures
From the disappearance of Andy Warhol to the march of Martin Luther King Jr, these ‘works of imagination’ are up for sale for just $100
September 2020
Poland unveils 'superhuman' John Paul II statue in Warsaw
Jerzy Kalina installation is response to controversial statue of pope being struck down by meteor
June 2020
From the Guardian archive
Pope in open challenge to Poland's martial law – archive, 1987
12 June 1987: The meeting of John Paul II and the leader of Solidarity, Lech Walesa, is a turning point for the post-communist future of the country
May 2020
Polish clerical child abuse documentary casts shadow on John Paul II centenary
Polish archbishop calls for Vatican to ‘launch proceedings’ after release of child abuse documentary Hide and Seek
April 2020
The legal trials of George Pell – timeline
The boy from Ballarat was an archbishop and a powerful force at the Vatican before he was convicted of shocking crimes. After 400 days in prison his convictions were overturned
March 2019
‘He’s not a Roman emperor’: pope’s reluctance to have ring kissed defended
Viral video of Pope Francis pulling hand away from Catholics gets mixed reaction
February 2019
Brutal and dogmatic, George Pell waged war on sex – even as he abused children
David Marr
For Pope Francis, the moment of truth on sexual abuse has arrived
Catherine Pepinster
December 2018
The Guardian view on Catholic abuse: repent and confess
Editorial: Pope Francis has excoriated his enemies in the church. Is this a sign of weakness, or of strength?
August 2018
I was raped by a priest, then it was covered up. The pope has to tell the truth
Colm O’Gorman
The pontiff is clear-eyed about the sins of others. But he refuses to acknowledge the Vatican’s role in the scandal, says abuse survivor Colm O’Gorman
