Holy See

Pope celebrates special Vespers at his favourite Rome basilica

for the first time in his 11-year papacy pope francis marked the feast of the dedication of his favourite roman basilica by celebrating vesp...

Cardinal Sean O'Malley's 20-year tenure as Archbishop of Boston ends

on 5 august the vatican announced that pope francis has accepted the resignation of cardinal sean o'malley, one of catholicism’s most influe...

Why did it take a Muslim to persuade the Pope to denounce a disgusting parody of the Last Supper?

rome – whatever one makes of his aims or tactics, there’s no doubt turkish president recep tayyip erdoğan is a formidable political operator...

Girl branded 'delusional' for wanting to live is exonerated by court a year after her death

a patient branded “delusional” by doctors after she rejected their plan to end her life on a death pathway has been exonerated by a court al...

The Da Vinci Coding of the Vatican Girl

rome – as i’ve observed before, the “vatican girl” case, referring to the 1983 disappearance of a 15-year-old girl in rome whose father was ...

Bishop Barron slams ‘gross mockery' of Last Supper and Christian Faith during Olympic Games opening ceremony

bishop robert barron has gone online to lambast what he calls the “gross mockery” of the christian faith that occurred during the opening ce...

The Catholic Herald

Vatican takes down online poll on Synodality as the ‘Nos’ rack up

the vatican quickly took down an online poll on the concept of "synodality" after a strongly unenthusiastic response from several thousand u...

Vatican proposes global truce in fighting for duration of Olympics

as this year’s summer olympic games open in paris, the vatican’s athletic department is calling for a cessation of all global conflicts and ...

JD Vance’s Catholic conversion inspired by St Augustine – and the wreckage of the modern age

the start of the 1996 film jerry maguire begins with our hero, the same-named sports agent played by tom cruise, suddenly getting an attack ...

Philippine Catholics praying country remains world's only State – excluding Vatican – not to legalise divorce

the philippines is the world’s only country without a divorce law – excluding the vatican – since malta legalised the dissolution of marriag...