Vatican Dispatch

Pope Francis welcomed to Mongolia: Chinese Christians make perilous journey

rome – a group of chinese catholics were so thrilled to see the pope close to home that they invented excuses to make the trip to mongolia, ...
Elise Allen

By stacking the odds in his favour, does Pope Francis risk splitting the vote at the next conclave?

almost 300 years ago, a minor french playwright by the cumbersome name of léonor-jean-christine soulas d’allainval – he mockingly referred t...
John Allen

Berlin archbishop permits same-sex blessings with impunity

a german archbishop has told priests they can confer blessings on same-sex couples without fear of punishment. the move by archbishop heiner...
Simon Caldwell

Moscow thanks Pope for 'balanced approach' to war in Ukraine

rome – russian spokespersons have praised what they called pope francis’s “balanced approach” to the war in ukraine, in the wake of protests...
Crux Staff

Portugal is facing the new world once again

with its sixth cardinal on the way and a papal visit to lisbon  last month, a new special relationship between portugal  and the v...
William Cash

Ortega boots Jesuits out of Nicaragua

rome – a week after nicaragua’s government confiscated a prestigious jesuit-run university, it has officially expelled the society of jesus ...
Elise Allen

Leading U.S. Catholics clash over 'schismatic' synod agenda

new york – a controversial american jesuit priest has made a robust defence of the forthcoming vatican synod in the face of claims by critic...
John Lavenburg

Rebel Italian cleric formally dismissed from priesthood

rome – a high-profile italian priest who championed euthanasia and same-sex marriage has been dismissed from the priesthood at his own reque...
Crux Staff

Man arrested after threatening to detonate explosives at the Vatican

rome – a 53-year-old whose identity has not been divulged was arrested on friday after leading police on a long chase through rome, which en...
Crux Staff

Politician who calls Pope 'imbecile' and 'son of a b*' comes out top in Argentine primaries

são paulo – catholics in argentina appear both somewhat startled and also divided by the surprising recent success of a firebrand politician...
Eduardo Campos Lima