Vatican Dispatch

Pope ends impasse over Order of Malta

pope francis has directly intervened to end an impasse between the vatican and the sovereign military order of malta over controversial refo...

Pope pleads for Church to dedicate Ash Wednesday as day of fasting and prayer for peace in Ukraine

pope francis has renewed his appeal for the entire catholic church to dedicate ash wednesday as a day of prayer and fasting for peace in ukr...

Finding the key to an interior life

there cannot be many issues which preoccupy christian parents more than how to keep their children engaged with the faith. this is hardly a ...

Francis Bacon: the body and blood

the royal academy has been transformed for francis bacon: man and beast. there are no more cheerful cascades of summer exhibition paintings;...

Lucien de Guise

Russia’s Catholic bishops call on leaders to end conflict with Ukraine

the catholic bishops’ conference of russia has called on political leaders to end the conflict with ukraine. in a feb. 24  message , th...

Hannah Brockhaus

Pope reorganises Congregation of Doctrine of the Faith amid Vatican internal reforms

pope francis has reorganized the internal structure of the vatican’s doctrine office into two sections — the latest step in his ongoing refo...

Hannah Brockhaus

Assisted suicide and euthanasia can never be a substitute for good palliative care, says Pope Francis

dying patients need palliative care and not euthanasia or assisted suicide, pope francis has said. at his general audience in the vatican’s ...

Pope appoints new Archbishop of Glasgow

pope francis has appointed bishop william nolan as the new archbishop of glasgow. bishop nolan will succeed archbishop philip tartaglia who ...

Donations to Peter's Pence papal charities slump by 15 per cent in a year

donations to peter’s pence fell by around 15 per cent in 2021, the vatican has announced. in an interview with vatican news, father juan a. ...

Dutch Adrian: the Pope nobody wanted

after the death of pope leo x on 1 december 1521, the papal conclave witnessed opposing factions of french and spanish cardinals deadlocked ...