Pope Francis

Pope Francis: Nativity scenes show a 'domestic Gospel'

christmas nativity scenes are a “domestic gospel,” which helps to make the holy family present in one’s home, pope francis has said. he also...
Hannah Brockhaus/CNA

Vatican's investment funds were vehicles for Italian bank fraud

two investment funds used by vatican dicasteries were also used by a major italian bank to conceal illegal investments for which the bank wa...
The Catholic Herald

The change to the 'pontifical secret' does less than it appears to do

by now, readers will have heard that pope francis has issued a rescript lifting the so-called “pontifical secret” under which the church has...
Christopher R. Altieri

Accused nuncio to France resigns post

pope francis has accepted archbishop luigi ventura's resignation as apostolic nuncio to france. ventura was accused of sexual assault earlie...
Hannah Brockhaus/CNA

Pope Francis lifts pontifical secret from legal proceedings of abuse trials of clerics

pope francis has declared that the pontifical secret will no longer apply in cases of accusations and trials involving abuse of minors or vu...
Hannah Brockhaus/CNA

Continuing the hunt for a fabled GK Chesterton quote

over two years ago, i published a ch article about trying – and roundly failing – to verify g. k. chesterton’s famous answer to the question...
Stephen Bullivant

Pope blesses Nativity scene statues, calls them signs of God's love

pope francis blessed hundreds of figurines of the baby jesus – ranging from tiny plastic figures to life-sized statues – and encouraged chil...
Cindy Wooden

Senior Victoria cops said Pell investigation could distract from major police scandal

senior police officials in the australian state of victoria discussed by email the way that their 2014 investigation into cardinal george pe...
Ed Condon/CNA

What the Peter's Pence furore tells us about Vatican financial reform

a piece by veteran vatican beat journalist francis x rocca ran on the front page of the wall street journal late last week, reporting that o...
Christopher R. Altieri

Archbishop Paglia's grave error

accompaniment has been a watchword of the pontificate of pope francis. it’s a word which normally means that musical part which gives harmon...
C C Pecknold