Vatican Dispatch

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...

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...

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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...

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...

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Pope to address Artificial Intelligence at G7 summit in June

rome – adding to what was already a busy papal schedule for 2024, the vatican confirmed friday that pope francis will participate, in person...

Pope goes prime time and does first US TV network interview

pope francis has done his first extended one-on-one interview with a us tv network in the course of his 11-year papacy. the 87-year-old pope...

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Catholic Bishops of England and Wales in 'absolute harmony' with Vatican against gender ideology

gender ideology and its language should be resisted in all catholic institutions, according to a new document by the bishops of england and ...

New Catholic Lectionary for British churches arriving this Advent following approval by Vatican

a new lectionary will come into use in parishes in england, wales and scotland from advent 2024. the vatican’s dicastery for divine worship ...

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Pope's popularity rating tumbles in United States

new york – a new report has found that pope francis’s favourability rating among american catholics has fallen from 83 per cent in 2021 to 7...

Could Archbishop Gänswein be made papal nuncio to Baltic states?

rome – rumors set in motion this week by a journalist close to pope francis, elisabetta piqué of argentina’s la nacion , suggest the pontiff...