Vatican Dispatch

on august 6   1945, president truman, when told that the atom bomb dropped on hiroshima had been even more “conspicuous” than the test ...

Anthony McCarthy

rome – though all analogies are inexact, it’s nevertheless tempting to say that with regard to cardinal matteo zuppi’s meeting today with us...

John L Allen

an historic deal was reached between the vatican and the people’s republic of china in 2018 that was seen as a breakthrough in a struggle fo...

Simon Caldwell

rome – pope francis has decided to recognize the transfer of a bishop in china earlier this year without his knowledge or approval, the vati...

Elise Allen

rome – in response to suggestions in the italian media that sexual advances by an uncle might be at the root of the infamous “vatican girl” ...

Elise Allen

rome – a consistory, the event in which a pope creates new cardinals, is always a carefully choreographed bit of theatre, with production va...

John L Allen

rome. the bishop of hong kong, bishop stephen chow sj ( pictured ), the latin patriarch of jerusalem, archbishop pierbattista pizzaballa and...

The Catholic Herald

on the 30 june, stella assange and her two children were granted a private audience with pope francis at the vatican. mrs assange ...

Anthony McCarthy

rome – pope francis’s new top theological advisor has attempted to reassure voices in the united states and elsewhere who’ve questioned his ...

Elise Allen

the cambridge companion to the council of trent nelson h minnich (ed) cambridge university press, £29.99, 351 pages the opening paragraph of...

Serenhedd James