Vatican Dispatch

Vatican laicises U.S. pro-life activist priest for 'blasphemous' communications

the vatican has laicised an internationally renowned pro-life activist priest for “blasphemous communications on social media”. fr frank pav...

Pope warns race-baiters against 'appropriation' of Our Lady of Guadalupe

on the feast day of our lady of guadalupe earlier this week, pope francis, celebrating in the vatican, offered some helpful insights into ho...

Vatican treats for the Christmas table

those wonderful boys in the swiss guard have done it again. after the vatican cookbook of 2016, which must by now surely be in every catholi...

Anger and Courage: Sheila Hollins and the response to the Church's sexual abuse scandal

photo: baroness hollins and colleagues working on the vatican abuse commission the catholic union’s annual craigmyle lecture was delivered o...

Jesuit artist Father Rupnik has been practising ministry despite Vatican restrictions

a prominent jesuit priest has been continuing to practise his ministry despite the fact that it was restricted by the vatican in january 202...

Discerning the work of the Spirit

the new “listening to everyone and excluding nothing” process so far undertaken in the first two phases of the synod on synodality has been ...

Russia hits out at Pope for calling ethnic minority soldiers 'cruel'

the russian government has condemned comments made by the pope that some minority groups of soldiers have behaved worse than others in the i...

Olenka Hamilton

Is Catholicism in danger of becoming trendy?

as another social media 'influencer' seeks to join the church, karl gustel warnberg looks into the fascination with catholicism in our cultu...

Karl Gustel Warnberg

Cardinal Zen convicted: when will Rome speak up for him?

on friday cardinal joseph zen was found guilty of failing to register a now-disbanded humanitarian fund  which paid medical and le...

Cardinals condemn German 'Synodal Path' in Vatican report

on thursday the vatican published reports prepared by  cardinal luis ladaria ferrer and  cardinal marc ouellet which condemned the...