Pope Francis

East and West together: keeping Easter with the Council of Nicaea

the first council of nicaea, among other things, established a common formula for the date of easter. next month marks its 1,700th anni...

Vatican seeks US help in billion-dollar Catholic financial scandal

rome – while most attention to vice president jd vance’s visit to the vatican this weekend has focused on policy differences on matters such...

US Vice President JD Vance attends Good Friday liturgy at the Vatican

rome – united states vice president jd vance attended a passion liturgy at the vatican on friday and plans to meet senior vatican officials ...

Bishop praises Supreme Court for 'standing firm' against gender ideologues

the bishop of portsmouth has praised the supreme court for declaring that women are defined solely by biological sex. the remarks of the rt ...

Pope defies medical advice to visit prison on Holy Thursday

rome – although pope francis is observing a two-month period of rest after a 38-day hospitalisation he ventured out twice yesterday - once t...

King Charles delivers Easter message for Maundy Thursday

king charles has issued his easter message in which he discusses the "paradox of human life" and the humility of jesus that was witnessed on...

The Catholic Herald

Traditional Latin Mass to end in Detroit archdiocese parishes

archbishop edward weisenburger of detroit has announced that parish churches in the archdiocese offering the traditional latin mass (tlm) wi...

The Catholic Herald

JD Vance to meet Cardinal Parolin on Easter trip to Rome

it has been confirmed that us vice-president jd vance and his family will travel to italy at the end of holy week and spend easter there, ac...

The Catholic Herald

Blooms of hope: Dutch Easter tradition at the Vatican lives on

once again st. peter’s square will be bedecked in dutch flowers this holy week thanks to a long-standing tradition between the city state an...

Luuk van den Einden

Cardinal Becciu alleges new evidence proves misconduct in Vatican ‘trial of the century’

rome – the vatican’s “trial of the century”, which ended in december 2023 with guilty verdicts against italian cardinal angelo becciu and ei...