Holy See

Half a million pilgrims already through Holy Door of Saint Peter's in Rome

already more than half a million pilgrims have come to participate in the jubilee of hope since pope francis inaugurated the 2025 jubilee ye...

Pope Francis appoints first woman in history to lead Vatican department

rome – pope francis this week made the novel decision to appoint the first-ever woman as prefect of a vatican department, naming italian con...

Crisis in Jewish-Catholic relations continues at Vatican with six flashpoints in ten days

recently i declared that a mounting crisis in jewish-catholic relations was the most under-covered vatican story of 2024. early indications ...

The need for a Catholic medical school in Britain is greater than ever

st mary’s university, twickenham, recently celebrated the 175th anniversary of its foundation in 1850. in our first century or so, which inc...

ProfAnthonyMcClaran

Whatever happened to the papal tiara?

the triple crown – that oversized, turban-shaped, jewel-encrusted, gold-and-silver helmet – traditionally epitomised the pope’s power as god...

Miles Pattenden

2024 in review: Vatican controversies missed by the mainstream press

rome – at year’s end, it’s standard journalistic practice to look back at the most important stories of the past 12 months. since plenty of ...

Lord Mayor of Westminster receives Papal honour

the lord mayor of westminster is to become a papal knight – the highest single honour that can be bestowed on a lay catholic by the vatican....

The Catholic Herald

A Christmastide Requiem for my Great Uncle Bulgaria

jonathan roberts was known as “the knight of the stihl”, after his beloved german tractor mower that he spent hours on mowing the grass of o...

What are we to make of Trump's choice of a 'pope critic' as ambassador to the Holy See?

rome – famously, von clausewitz defined war as “the continuation of politics by other means”. to hear some people tell it, president-elect d...

Cardinal tries to ban girls from being altar servers

sri lankan cardinal malcolm ranjith of colombo has tried to ban girls from serving as altar servers in his archdiocese, on the grounds that ...