Vatican Dispatch

Suppression of the Traditional Rite

there is little less dignified than a street fight between drunken old men. for my sins i have witnessed these more than once, where losing ...
Jaspreet Singh Boparai

Pope Francis: ‘Hypocrisy in the Church is particularly detestable’

vatican city, aug 25, 2021 / 03:55 am pope francis said on wednesday that hypocrisy within the church is “particularly detestable.” speaking...
CNA Staff

Pope Francis: Do not water down the truth of the Eucharist

vatican city, aug 22, 2021 / 05:00 am pope francis on sunday encouraged catholics to not water down the reality of jesus christ’s humanity a...
Hannah Brockhaus

Report: Envelope with three bullets addressed to Pope Francis intercepted

an envelope addressed to pope francis and containing three bullets was intercepted in milan late on sunday night, according to italian media...
Hannah Brockhaus

Jiggery-popery in revolting England

catholics during the english revolution, 1642-1660: politics, sequestration and loyalty,  by eilish gregory boydell press, £75, 234 pag...
John Adamson

The Vatican's trials: Pell's Redemption

a couple of weeks ago, as the trial of cardinal becciu for corruption was announced in the vatican, my parish priest made an announcement ab...
Melanie McDonagh

Francis could do what he did, but that's not the crucial thing

pope francis has placed very significant restrictions on the saying of the old mass, abrogating the much more permissive or generous policy ...
RobertPGeorge

Don't apologise for the inquisition

reviewing a book called inquisition: the reign of fear by toby green, quentin de la bedoyere warns against apologetic attempts to rationaliz...
Lessons from the Archives

Cardinal Müller critiques Pope Francis' 'harsh' response to extraordinary form, compared to German Synodal Way

by courtney mares. rome, italy, jul 19, 2021 / 16:00 pm. the former head of the congregation for the doctrine of the faith has critiqued pop...
Catholic News Agency

Summorum Pontificum: a restoration after a gross impoverishment

though it has just been rejected by his successor, benedict xvi's motu propi o summorum pontificum made many people happy when he issued it ...
Lessons from the Archives