Catholic Church

over the past few years, journalists – including this vatican watcher – and experts in a host of related or adjacent fields have written ad ...

Christopher Altieri

the pontifical commission for the protection of minors gathered in rome and virtually from april 19-22 for its plenary assembly. the commiss...

Staff Reporter

st george by hans von kulmbach c.1510   this brief on the life of st george was originally published in 2013. - ed. st george is patron...

Staff writers

uyghur muslims demonstrate in front of the chinese consulate on december 30, 2020, in istanbul, after china ratified an extradition treaty w...

Staff Reporter

firefighters work outside the burning church of asuncion after it was set on fire by demonstrators on the commemoration of the first anniver...

Staff Reporter

then-archbishop cassidy in 1984, by sjakkelien vollebregt - nationaal archief, cc by-sa 3.0   the man who would become cardinal cassidy...

Philippa Hitchen

pope francis defended the practice of vocal prayer as the surest means of dialogue with god, a means that is always available to us, and “as...

Staff Reporter

the preacher of the papal household, cardinal cantalamessa, preaching the good friday homily this year.  (photo by andreas solaro/pool/...

Paul Fahey

jesuit refugee service kenya has added its voice to that of the nation’s bishops in calling on the kenyan government to keep the dadaab and ...

Tommaso Pozzi

us cardinals (from l) justin francis rigali, adam joseph maida, edward michall egan, roger michael mahony, francis george, william henry kee...

Stephen Bullivant and Giovanni Radhitio Putra Sadewo