Holy See

Vatican diplomacy has failed in Syria

The Vatican clearly has no leverage with Bashar al Assad, despite years of tolerating him

Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith

Police dropped abuse investigation of cardinal

Kent Police decided the claim against the late Cardinal Murphy-O’Connor could not be substantiated

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Archbishop Vigano issues new letter on Pope Francis and McCarrick

Viganò also called on Cardinal Ouellet to release information on McCarrick

Catholic News Agency

How the China deal betrays the Second Vatican Council

The Vatican's agreement with Beijing signifies the abandonment of Vatican II's political vision

Matthew Schmitz

The Orthodox Church is on the brink of a new Great Schism

Tensions over Ukraine threaten to tear apart the world's 300 million Orthodox Christians

Chinese puzzle

for years, the media have reported that the holy see is “poised” to make a deal with china over bishops’ appointments. last saturday, it fin...

The Catholic Herald

The big story of the past seven days

✣ pope calls unprecedented abuse summit what happened? two letters that benedict xvi wrote to his friend cardinal walter brandmüller last no...

The best of the web

✣ highlights from the week online why being a nun beats the olympics a cbs report asked why more and more young british women are joining re...

Bishops: The real synod

next month’s gathering will be dominated by one issue the forthcoming ordinary general assembly of the synod of bishops is dedicated to “you...

Christopher R. Altieri