Vatican Dispatch

Water in the desert: Pope Francis praises the faithfulness of the Church in Mongolia

ulaanbaatar – speaking to one of the catholic church’s smallest flocks, located in a region that has not always been hospitable to christian...

Pax Mongolica: Pope Francis praises the unifying legacy of Genghis Khan

ulaanbaatar – standing in a country that borders both russia and china, pope francis on saturday praised what he called mongolia’s foreign p...

Small is beautiful: Pope Francis's encouragement for Mongolian Catholics

ulaanbaatar – on his second full day in mongolia, pope francis met with pastors and missionaries who serve the country’s tiny catholic flock...

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, ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...