Vatican Dispatch

UK judge blocks transfer to Pope's hospital for baby girl with rare disease

leicester, united kingdom – a british judge ruled wednesday that a baby girl with a rare disease may not be transferred from the uk to italy...

Charles Collins

Tu es Petrus: The Gospel influence on Raphael's exposition of papal authority

v&a director tristram hunt on his favourite book of the bible. and i say also unto thee, that thou art peter, and upon this rock i will ...

Pope Francis cancels speech to rabbis due to ill health

pope francis on monday said he was too unwell to deliver a planned speech to a delegation of european rabbis. he maintained the rest of the ...

The Catholic Herald

Vatican has unique role to play in tempering Iran

rome – as the war between israel and hamas intensifies on the gaza strip, so too does diplomatic activity intended to prevent a wider region...

German bishop authorises same-sex blessings in diocese

a german bishop issued a letter last thursday in which he asked pastors in his diocese to bless same-sex couples. bishop karl-heinz wieseman...

The Catholic Herald

Our man in the Vatican: an interview with the British Ambassador to The Holy See

chris trott, hm ambassador to the holy see, talks to amanda bowman about his work. ‘the mission of the ambassador to the holy see is defined...

Unlocking the 'prophetic vision' of Flannery O'Connor, the writer who swam in Thomism

understanding the hillybilly thomist: the philosophical foundations of flannery o’connor’s narrative art by fr damian ference word on fire, ...

Priests must be like fathers and not spinsters, says Pope on celibacy

rome – pope francis has said that a change in the catholic church's rule on celibacy will not solve difficulties in the church because the d...

The Catholic Herald

In the Stars the Glory of His Eyes: Tales of an Irish Tour Guide in Rome, by K Troy

guided by grace and humour. in the stars the glory of his eyes: tales of an irish tour guide in rome k troy ignatius press, £13.99, 267...

Eleanor Hammond

Synod on Synodality ends with no clear or concrete proposals after a month of silence

rome – a final synthesis produced by pope francis’s month-long synod of bishops on synodality offered no clear or concrete proposals on hot-...