Holy See

Too little, too late? How the Vatican responded to Bishop Belo allegations

as abuse crisis expands to global south, vatican has questions to answer the abuse scandal in the catholic church is beginning to impact the...
Staff Reporter

Pope Francis is a papal communicator like no other, says veteran Vatican watcher

a journalist considered a living legend within the vatican’s press corps has spoken about the unique communication style of pope francis tha...
Crux Staff

Vatican calls for end to 'killer robots' arms race

rome – the vatican is calling for an international ban on killer robots used in wars in ukraine and gaza. the vatican is backing new restric...
The Catholic Herald

Pope turns to female theologians for advice on women’s roles in Church

rome – after completing a massive overhaul of the roman curia in 2022, pope francis has turned his attention to the topic of women as part o...
Elise Allen

Keeping body and soul together in Bangkok and Singapore

singapore is abuzz with anticipation of the forthcoming papal visit; i was there in june, during a couple of weeks in the far east. last tim...
Serenhedd James

Vatican preparing text for divorced and remarried couples, Cardinal Farrell says

the vatican’s dicastery for the laity, family, and life is preparing a document that will address divorced and remarried couples at the requ...
Jonah McKeown

The Sino-Vatican Pact fails again: an appeal from the Catholic Church in China

this has been written by a chinese catholic, to whom we have for obvious reasons granted anonymity. the translation of bishop shen bin from ...
The Catholic Herald

Madonna statue that 'weeps tears of blood' is fake, declares Vatican

rome – a widespread and bizarre controversy in italy has finally come to an end after the vatican announced that a notorious marian statue t...
The Catholic Herald

Vatican renews ‘secret’ accord with China on bishop appointments and extends to four-year period

the vatican and chinese authorities announced they have renewed a controversial agreement on episcopal appointments for a third time, while ...
Elise Allen

Controversial appointee to Vatican’s Academy for Life responds to her pro-life critics

rome – both the italian archbishop who heads the pontifical academy for life and an ango-italian economist who serves on it struck back at c...
Elise Allen