Vatican Dispatch

Reaction to Fiducia in US has revealed ‘enduring animus’ to ‘LGBT persons’, says key Pope ally

anaheim – one of pope francis’s most vocal allies in the church hierarchy in the united states has criticised the reaction among some cathol...

Ukrainian divorce rate hits all-time high as head of Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church decries human cost of the war

rome – as headlines around the world reverberate to the news of the death of russian opposition leader alexei navalny on friday, and as the ...

Prominent clergy and scholars sign collective letter requesting Pope to retract Fiducia Supplicans

a collective letter entitled “filial appeal” has gained the signatures of around 90 prominent clergymen, intellectuals and authors around th...

Pope’s Ash Wednesday address: Remove social media ‘mask’ and ‘enter into the secret’ with God

rome – pope francis told catholics to carve out a silent space for god amid the buzz of the digital era in which little remains private as h...

Female diaconate possible according to theologian nun advising Pope

rome – a spanish nun who has participated in recent meetings of pope francis’s top advisory body has said that while women’s priestly ordina...

Pope St Leo the Great on keeping a Holy Lent

a reflection from pope st leo the great – sermon 46 : the right practise of abstinence is needful not only to the mortification of the flesh...

The Catholic Herald

European farmers' protest denied entry to Vatican—along with star cow

rome – as part of continent-wide protests against low food prices and rising costs, a small delegation of farmers on sunday led a cow that h...

Argentina gets first female saint as Pope meets country’s brash populist leader

rome – pope francis and argentine president javier milei, a populist politician and a blunt contrarian who has made derogatory remarks about...

Pope of surprises: but will latest Vatican developments placate papal critics?

rome – fans of the epic british period drama “downton abbey” will recall that in the series finale, at one point gladys denker, maid to the ...

Religious from 60 countries converge on Vatican to prep for 2025 Jubilee of Hope

rome – religious representatives are converging on the vatican this week to prepare for the upcoming 2025 jubilee of hope celebrations, whic...