Holy See

Too close for comfort: the lessons of the Russian Orthodox Church for the Vatican's status as a sovereign state

rome – back in 2007, the prestigious english news magazine  the economist  carried an article on vatican diplomacy, which conclude...

Sino-Vatican deal violated again: Francis rubber-stamps latest Communist gambit

rome – pope francis has decided to recognize the transfer of a bishop in china earlier this year without his knowledge or approval, the vati...

Family accuses Vatican of trying to shift blame in ‘Vatican girl’ case

rome – in response to suggestions in the italian media that sexual advances by an uncle might be at the root of the infamous “vatican girl” ...

Top Vatican correspondents join Catholic Herald amid collaboration with Crux

two of the world’s most respected vatican correspondents are to join the  catholic herald  as part of major deal uniting global gi...

Pope Francis hosts Bill Clinton and foundation head Alex Soros

pope francis met with former u.s. president bill clinton in a private audience at the casa santa marta papal residence on wednesday. clinton...

Pope's new orthodoxy chief hits out at critics of his book about kissing

the new head of a major vatican department has defended a controversial book he wrote about kissing when he was a young priest. argentine ar...

Bishop Álvarez released from prison

the nicaraguan regime has released a catholic bishop jailed earlier this year for 26 years on treason charges connected with his use of soci...

The untold tale of Tolkien's faith

fr michael ward on a new book exploring the writer’s spiritual side. i became a catholic in no small part because of jrr tolkien. raised as ...

Fr Michael Ward

Thousands attend 'Rally for Life' in Dublin

over 10,000 people attended the all-ireland ' rally for life ' in dublin on saturday, which served as a reminder to the irish gove...

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Vatican's new doctrine chief Archbishop Fernández wrote book advising couples to kiss during sex

the new head of the dicastery for the doctrine of the faith is an argentine archbishop who wrote a book advising couples to kiss during sexu...