Vatican Dispatch

Pope in Marseille sent secular Europe a clear message on life

rome – although the issue of migration was front and centre during his overnight visit to marseille, pope francis sent another strong messag...
Elise Ann Allen

Pope Francis in Marseille: migrants should be viewed as gifts, not as a burden

marseille – after a week of rising tensions within europe amid a surge in migrant arrivals, with some countries, including france, taking me...
Elise Allen

Pope in Marseille condemns 'velvet gloved' indifference to migrants

since pope francis in july 2013 first visited the small italian island of lampedusa, a primary destination for migrants seeking entry in eur...
Elise Allen

Alleged Rupnik victims say Church's pledge of 'zero tolerance' for sex abuse is mere PR campaign

rome – an open letter signed by five alleged victims of father marko rupnik, a former jesuit and renowned slovenian artist, asserts that rec...
Crux Staff

Rupnik centre gets 'clean bill of health' from Diocese of Rome with doubts raised over excommunication

rome – despite being expelled in july from his jesuit order over charges of sexual, spiritual and psychological abuse, famed slovenian artis...
Crux Staff

Letter and Nazi dagger reopen debates over wartime role of Pope Pius XII

rome – two new discoveries regarding pope pius xii are rekindling debate over the role of the wartime pontiff, including a letter suggesting...
Crux Staff

Vatican and China discuss resumption of grain exports from Russia and Ukraine

pope francis’s peace envoy has met government officials in china to discuss how to restart a deal to allow ukraine and russia to export grai...
Crux Staff

"Putin's Pope"? A just or unjust title, there may be trouble ahead

rome – yesterday  crux  carried two stories which, at first blush, appear unrelated. the first concerned  the latest ukrainia...
John L Allen

Pope dismisses critics of Synod as 'ideological' with an 'incapacity for dialogue'

aboard the papal plane – pope francis warned against the influence of what he called “ideology” on an upcoming synod of bishops at the vatic...
Elise Ann Allen

Pope Francis kicks off 'hot autumn' at the Vatican

rome – as summer winds down in rome and the city fills up with reluctant vacationers getting back to the grind, pope francis has kicked off ...
Elise Ann Allen