Holy See

Blooms of hope: Dutch Easter tradition at the Vatican lives on

once again st. peter’s square will be bedecked in dutch flowers this holy week thanks to a long-standing tradition between the city state an...

Luuk van den Einden

UK Christian leaders mark anniversary of Nicaea as 'breath of hope' for Church

leicester, united kingdom – british christian leaders, including cardinal vincent nichols, marked the 1700th anniversary of the council of n...

Charles Collins

Cardinal Becciu alleges new evidence proves misconduct in Vatican ‘trial of the century’

rome – the vatican’s “trial of the century”, which ended in december 2023 with guilty verdicts against italian cardinal angelo becciu and ei...

What to expect from this 'new era' in Francis' papacy

rome – when pope francis was discharged from the hospital three weeks ago, officials broadly said that a new era of his papacy was being ush...

Pope makes surprise outing to Marian basilica on eve of Holy Week

on saturday afternoon, pope francis – despite the vatican’s repeated insistence that he is observing a two-month period of rest – made his f...

Jesuit General on Rupnik: ‘We’ve learned from our mistakes’

in a conversation with the press earlier this week, the venezuelan jesuit superior general, fr arturo sosa, acknowledged that his order had ...

A soon-to-be Saint

carlo acutis’s story speaks powerfully to young and old alike, says michael collins. on january 28, 1990, a plane carrying a young italian c...

Father Michael Collins

Pope in poncho makes unscheduled visit to tomb of St Pius X

rome – though in theory observing a two-month period of rest, pope francis thursday made his third surprise appearance in a week, showing up...

The abortion stitch-up at the United Nations women's commission

every spring, thousands of government officials, activists and policy makers descend on the united nations (un) headquarters in new york cit...

King and Queen have surprise audience with Pope Francis

in an unexpected change of plan, after an official visit by king charles and queen camilla of england to the vatican was postponed due to po...