Vatican Dispatch

Watchdog agency issues report critical of Vatican financial oversight

-- rome -- the european commission’s financial monitor, moneyval, has issued a highly critical report on the anti-money-laundering and gener...

The New York Times Admits It Was Wrong About Pius XII

when sister margherita marchione died recently, at the age of 99, the new york times , to its credit, published a lengthy and sympathetic ob...

William Doino Jr

Cardinal Marx submits resignation as Archbishop of Munich

-- rome -- cardinal reinhard marx, the archbishop of munich and freising, has submitted his resignation from the governance of the archdioce...

World Health Organisation Formally Accepts Holy See as Non-Member State Observer

on monday, the world health assembly – the governing forum of the world health organisation – formally accepted the holy see as a non-member...

Reform of penal law rejects E&W bishops' request for language change

-- rome -- the vatican rolled out a reform of its penal sanctions on tuesday. at a press conference in the press office of the holy see, sen...

Christopher Altieri

Pope Francis greets Auschwitz survivor at General Audience

pope francis greets auschwitz-birkenau survivor lidia maksymowicz at the weekly general audience on 26 may 2021 (image © vatican media) &nbs...

Pope Francis turns out troubled Vatican seminary

altar boys at st peter's basilica on 13 march 2015. (alberto pizzoli/afp via getty images)   pope francis has decided that the boys' co...

Human Comedy, and Divine

hugh somerville knapman osb a limerickal commentary on the second vatican council arouca press 2020 reviewed by fr nicholas schofield this s...

Fr Nicholas Schofield

The "new" synodal "process" is under-thought and oversold

by now, you’ve probably heard that pope francis postponed the upcoming synod on synodality for a full year, from october 2022 to october 202...

Christopher Altieri

Pope to Jesuits of La Civiltà Cattolica: Row well!

pope francis has invited the journalists of la civiltà cattolica to “row with passion and determination in the barque of peter, like good je...