Vatican Dispatch

Family attributes toddler's recovery after near-drowning to Cardinal Pell's intercession

the parents of a toddler who miraculously survived near-drowning in the family swimming pool have attributed his recovery to the intercessio...
Thomas Edwards

Top aide says Pope is resting, not receiving guests or holding meetings

rome – italian cardinal pietro parolin, the vatican’s secretary of state, has said pope francis continues to rest after his return from the ...
Elise Allen

‘Mysticism, Magic and Monasteries’ offers a brilliant counter-narrative to contemporary inversions

in his new book, sebastian morello has produced a brilliant excoriation of how and to what effect western civilisation has been possessed by...
George Young

Memo discovered on Vatican ransom payment in missing ‘Vatican Girl’ case

confidential documents from forty years ago that have been discovered suggest that at the time of the 1983 disappearance of emanuela orlandi...
Crux Staff

Pope's health continues to improve, but Easter plans still uncertain

rome – nearly a week after being discharged from the hospital, pope francis continues to make slow but steady improvement, however, it is st...
Elise Allen

Pope’s doctor calls recovery ‘miraculous'; Francis wanted to keep fighting

pope francis’s primary doctor during his hospitalisation has said it was the pope himself who chose to keep trying different therapies when ...
Elise Allen

Bombay archbishop praises expectant parents for respecting life

archbishop john rodrigues of bombay has praised parents expecting newborns for respecting life at its weakest, and for doing so in the manne...
Nirmala Carvalho

Pope to exit hospital today after two close calls during five-week stay

pope francis’s medical team has announced that after five weeks of hospitalisation and two brushes with death, he will be discharged today, ...
Elise Allen

Pope continues to improve - but not enough to leave hospital

the condition of pope francis is improving and he is growing less dependent on high-flow oxygen, the vatican has announced. while the pope’s...
The Catholic Herald

No discussion of Pope Francis resigning, says Parolin

vatican secretary of state cardinal pietro parolin has said that during his three recent visits to pope francis in hospital there has been n...
The Catholic Herald