Vatican Dispatch

Lay people, including women, will participate in Synod on Synodality assembly, Vatican announces

the 2023 synod of bishops will include lay people, half of whom will be women, organisers revealed in a landmark development for the church’...
Hugh Kerr

Pope Francis gives King Charles 'relic of the True cross' as coronation gift

pope francis has given king charles ‘a relic of the true cross’ as a coronation gift.  fragments said to be from the cross on which jes...
Olenka Hamilton

Pope appoints Spanish archbishop as Nuncio to Great Britain

pope francis has appointed a spanish archbishop who speaks six languages as the new apostolic nuncio to great britain. madrid-born archbisho...
Simon Caldwell

The pope and primates

rethinking human relationship with the animal creation is not everyone’s cup of tea. there are nymphs in the vatican gardens. you will find ...
Felipe Fernandez Armesto

Vatican II: Angels and devils on our shoulders

shaun blanchard reflects on the ‘very short introduction’ to vatican ii . a few years ago, in those halcyon days before the pandemic, i sat ...
Shaun Blanchard

It would have been better if Summorum Pontificum had been left alone

on february 21, the dicastery for divine worship and the discipline of the sacraments, headed by prefect cardinal arthur roche, issued a res...
Ken Craycraft

Pope Francis accepts resignation of vice-president of German Bishops' Conference

pope francis on friday accepted the resignation of an influential german bishop who has been a key player in the german synodal process and ...
Tom Colsy

Lord Alton: we need less talk and more action from leaders to stop genocide

last week, the religious liberty initiative of notre dame law school hosted a book launch celebrating lord david alton and ewelina ochab's r...
Hugh Kerr

Cardinal Müller and Cardinal Burke rebuke German bishops over same-sex marriage vote

cardinal gerhard ludwig müller and cardinal raymond burke have rebuked bishops who voted in favour of church blessings for sa...
Tom Colsy

Ten years on: Pope Francis needs our prayers

ten years ago, jorge mario bergoglio stood on the balcony of st peter’s in rome, and said simply to the waiting crowd, “buono sera”, and ask...
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