Vatican Dispatch

The pursuit of truth, not bells and smells

when i told my literary agent friend that i wanted to write a book about converts to catholicism during the sixty heady years before the vat...
Melanie McDonagh

For a bestseller, just add religion

how do you solve a problem like maria? so asked the nuns of nonnberg abbey in the sound of music . (pause, please, in remembrance of christo...
Constance Watson

Apostolic Nuncio to Iraq Positive for Coronavirus Days Before Papal Trip

significant other risks also attend the visit, long desired by pope francis and highly anticipated by the sorely tried people of the country...
Christopher Altieri

Two Days of Testimony in Vatican Seminary Abuse Trial

a vatican court heard testimony on wednesday and thursday, from witnesses who said the accuser in a case of alleged abuse and coverup inside...
Christopher Altieri

Charting my road to Rome

breathing the light scent of spring air admixed with incense, the priest’s words from exodus rolling like an elixir into our ears and the fe...
charlie-hart

Alleged abuse victim of Brooklyn bishop files civil lawsuit

trenton, n.j., feb 23, 2021 / 05:01 pm mt ( cna ) .- an alleged abuse victim who last year went public with allegations against the bishop o...
CNA Staff

"Vatican Justice" Doesn't Hold Water

so, the big news out of the vatican this week – some of it, at any rate – was that pope francis has again tweaked the vatican’s criminal jus...
Christopher Altieri

Pope Francis appoints new archpriest of St. Peter's Basilica

vatican city, feb 20, 2021 / 06:18 am mt ( cna ) .- pope francis on saturday named cardinal mauro gambetti, o.f.m. conv., to succeed cardina...
Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Francis visits Shoah survivor, poet Edith Bruck

pope francis called on edith bruck, the 88-year-old hungarian-born italian poet, playwright, director, novelist, and translator who survived...
Staff Reporter

Pope Francis Accepts Cardinal Sarah's Resignation

pope francis accepted the resignation of cardinal robert sarah from the position of prefect of the congregation for divine worship and the d...
Staff Reporter