Holy See

Who would choose to be a Catholic at a time like this?

the phoney war is over. civil war has been launched within the church by pope francis and his recent appointee cardinal victor fernandez.&nb...

Vatican’s doctrinal czar parses details for enabling same-sex blessings

rome – after pope francis earlier this year opened the door in certain circumstances to giving blessings to same-sex couples, the vatican’s ...

Vatican trial raises the question: Is Pope Francis ‘Great Reformer’ or ‘Great Restorer’?

rome – anyone who’s ever read or seen  inherit the wind  knows that almost 100 years ago, a celebrated trial took place in the ame...

Mixed reactions to Vatican 'Trial of the Century': will anyone actually go to jail?

rome – after a staggering total of 30 months, 85 hearings stretching over some 600 courtroom hours, 69 witnesses and almost 150,000 pages of...

Becciu guilty: sentenced to five-and-a-half-years imprisonment by Vatican court

rome – in the long-awaited denouement of the vatican’s “trial of the century,” which has been seen widely as a litmus test of pope francis’s...

Hidden genius: celebrating the obscure Pesellino at the National Gallery in London

how many people had heard of francesco di stefano before london’s national gallery decided to stage a mini-exhibition of his work? better kn...

Serenhedd James

A History of the Catholic Church, by Piers Paul Read

a history of the catholic church piers paul read meid, £25, 560 pages piers paul read – veteran novelist, historian and biographer – has pro...

Serenhedd James

Mercy strikes again: the unjust treatment of Cardinal Burke

rome - the cardinals are originally, and still ceremonially, the clergy of the church of rome: the bishops of the suffragan dioceses, the pa...

Police investigate Pope's surgeon for alleged fabrication of medical records

rome – a surgeon who has twice operated on pope francis is under investigation for falsifying hospital records. the italian daily la stampa ...

The Catholic Herald

Scattering ashes still contentious: Vatican maintains ban but approves preservation in ‘sacred places’

rome – in response to a new set of  dubia , or doubts, on the catholic church’s cremation practices, the vatican’s doctrinal office has...