Vatican Dispatch

The genius of old age: Michelangelo's later works at the British Museum

the essential aspect of this exhibition is in the title: michelangelo, the last decades . how does genius age? michelangelo lived to a great...
Gertrude Clarke

Controversial Chinese bishop to speak at Vatican conference

rome – next week a high-profile conference will be held marking the centenary of the catholic church’s first ever council in china, drawing ...
Elise Allen

Pilgrimage emphasised by Vatican as opportunity for indulgences during Jubilee 2025

rome – the vatican has issued guidance on how to obtain the traditional plenary indulgence during the upcoming jubilee of hope, placing a sp...
Elise Allen

Israel protests talk of Gaza ‘genocide’ by Nobel Prize winner during Vatican event

rome – in the latest episode of tension between israel and the vatican over the conflict in gaza, israel’s embassy to the holy see issued a ...
Crux Staff

Vatican weighs up potential Trump return in its approach to European elections

rome – although non-europeans may not be paying attention – and, for that matter, a fairly wide swath of the european population itself isn’...
John L Allen

A tale of two cities: Wandering through London, from a pagan temple to the Brompton Oratory

i took myself off on a jaunt through london last month, following a favourite route through two cities (the other being westminster) which t...
Serenhedd James

Holy Land Cardinal criticises anti-Israel protests on US university campuses

rome – cardinal pierbattista pizzaballa of jerusalem has criticised the anti-israel protests taking place on college and university campuses...
Elise Allen

Sir Edward Leigh MP at the Catholic Union: A 'loveable rascal' retires

it’s always nice to be asked to a party – especially when it’s in the grand surroundings of the mother of parliaments, when i get to rub sho...
The Catholic Herald

Papabili(ty): The cardinals who have seen their prospects in the next conclave harmed and improved by recent news events

stock markets are notoriously fickle, forever expanding or contracting on the basis of whatever new wind happens to blow. let a coup occur i...
John Allen

Pope Francis in 2024: an overview

pope francis has written a book called life: my story through history – or, rather, he has collaborated with a journalist, fabio marchese ra...
The Catholic Herald