Holy See

rome – a series of reports in the italian press last week suggested that padre pio's hospital administration has been in negotiations with s...

Crux Staff

in the gospel for the solemnity of christ the king, jesus shows just how universal his kingship is. he stands before his judge, with blood s...

Fr David Howell

rome – a 93-year-old holocaust survivor who once received pope francis in her rome apartment, and who later wrote a book about the experienc...

Crux Staff

rome – while many have taken the strange case of argentine ex-priest ariel alberto príncipi as a classic example of a turf war between compe...

Elise Allen

a well-known italian confidence trickster popularly known as “king of the con” was recently arrested in rome while dressed as a franciscan p...

Crux Staff

this year's supply of christmas trees to decorate the vatican during advent and christmastide is not going smoothly. one might think that of...

Crux Staff

the archbishop of canterbury, the most revd justin welby, has resigned in the wake of increasing public anger about the way in which the lea...

Gavin Ashenden

catholicism in england since emancipation in 1829 has thrown up a number of dynasties specialising in architecture and the wider arts. among...

Michael Hodges

rome – the vatican’s top diplomat has said that a controversial deal with china on the appointment of bishops will continue “regardless of r...

The Catholic Herald

fed up with the fickle english weather, i decided i wanted beauty and beer so booked a last-minute weekend trip to tallinn. in addition to t...

Serenhedd James