Vatican Dispatch

Letter from the Editor: Concerns over Synod and Conclave

the next two years are going to be as important for the church as the years of vatican ii in the 1960s, during which time the catholic heral...
William Cash

New-look Princes of the Church

in a flurry of pontifical activity, the pope has  named 21 new cardinals – one of them archbishop fernández, the new head of the dicast...
The Catholic Herald

The Pope’s new doctrinal enforcer

pope francis’s appointment of archbishop víctor manuel fernández as the new head of the dicastery for the doctrine of the faith is one of th...
The Catholic Herald

'Oppenheimer' reminds us of some crucial moral absolutes

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

US President meets a papal envoy pleading for peace, and a cruel case of déjà vu

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

Just how much faith should Rome place in a deal which China routinely flouts?

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

Sino-Vatican deal violated again: Francis rubber-stamps latest Communist gambit

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

Family accuses Vatican of trying to shift blame in ‘Vatican girl’ case

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

The consistory of a pope in a hurry

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

Bishop of Hong Kong, Patriarch of Jerusalem and Archbishop Fernández among new cardinals announced by Pope Francis

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