Holy See

'As art degenerates around us, so too does unity in the Church'

“there is a separate entrance for those who are uncomfortable squeezing through the nude performers,” says bbc entertainment reporter steven...
Katherine Bennett

Papal envoy in leopard print vestment causes social media frenzy

rome – a veteran vatican diplomat recently became a brief cause célèbre in italy after images of him celebrating mass in a leopard print cha...
Crux Staff

Germany: Catholic clergy defy Church and affirm same-sex couples at Cologne Cathedral

several clerics from the archdiocese of cologne have joined representatives of protestant denominations in a ceremony to affirm same-sex cou...
Tom Colsy

Critics are wrong to accuse Pope Pius XII of inactivity during Holocaust

pope john xxiii, that short-serving but consequential pontiff – he was in office for less than five years, but was responsible for convening...
Niall Gooch

Rupnik centre gets 'clean bill of health' from Diocese of Rome with doubts raised over excommunication

rome – despite being expelled in july from his jesuit order over charges of sexual, spiritual and psychological abuse, famed slovenian artis...
Crux Staff

Archbishop of Mombasa decries official recognition of Kenyan gay-rights group

a leading catholic prelate in kenya, who’s set to take part in a vatican synod of bishops next month, has objected to a ruling by the countr...
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Vatican and China discuss resumption of grain exports from Russia and Ukraine

pope francis’s peace envoy has met government officials in china to discuss how to restart a deal to allow ukraine and russia to export grai...
Crux Staff

Senior bishop chastises France and Germany over inhospitality to boat migrants

a senior european bishop has criticised france and germany for failing to provide “a fair solution” to the problem of migrants arriving in t...
The Catholic Herald

Cardinal Müller on Synod: 'This is the great hour of manipulation'

on tuesday cardinal müller gave a frank interview to spanish catholic news website i nfovaticana, in which he has expressed his grave concer...
The Catholic Herald

Pope's Ukraine envoy to meet Chinese premier on Wednesday

rome – an italian newspaper reported tuesday morning that pope francis’s personal envoy for the conflict in ukraine, cardinal matteo zuppi, ...
Crux Staff