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Rupnik artwork must come down, says top US cardinal as he breaks ranks with Rome

american cardinal sean o’malley of boston issued a statement saying he has asked the heads of all offices in the roman curia to take down th...

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Cardinal Fernández ordains first bishop for British ordinariate

the cardinal in charge of the vatican’s doctrinal department has ordained the first bishop of the personal ordinariate of our lady of walsin...

Ordinations increase in France as country continues to buck secular trends

the number of french priests being ordained in 2024 has exceeded 2023's numbers as france continues to baffle when it comes to secular trend...

Vatican comms chief defends Rupnik art remaining on website

the head of the vatican’s communications department had defended his office’s continued use of art by marko rupnik, who is accused of multip...

Pope pays respects to his late confessor and praises Franciscan order

at the weekend the pope made an unexpected trip across rome to pay his respects to a franciscan priest who died last week and had been the p...

Vatican accuses former US nuncio Archbishop Viganò of schism

rome – a vatican decree leaked to the italian press states that italian archbishop carlo maria viganò, a former nuncio to the united states ...

All doubts are dispelled by a convert’s first enchanted encounter with the Eternal City

as a convert to catholicism, i’d deliberately delayed my inaugural visit to rome. i was aware of the impact such a trip to the “eternal city...

Vatican to endorse key figure in China’s Catholic history

this week the vatican appears to be renewing its efforts to remain onside with the chinese authorities. two top officials are poised to spea...

On the road to Chartres: the annual Pentecost pilgrimage has lessons for the wider Church

the twenty thousand people who descended upon the tiny city of chartres in northern france on pentecost monday made for an impressive and up...

The remarkable day that showed why every pope is a star

rome – friday was among the most remarkable single days in the entire pope francis era, and given the way this papacy has generated non-stop...