Vatican Dispatch

October conference to revisit ‘Pius Wars’ over role of wartime pontiff

rome – one year after an explosive new book reopened what have often been dubbed the “pius wars”, meaning debates over pope pius xii and his...
Crux Staff

Bishop Mark Davies welcomes Pope’s new encyclical on Sacred Heart of Jesus as a ‘great gift’

the bishop of shrewsbury has praised pope francis’ fourth encyclical letter  dilexit nos , welcoming the pope's reflections on the sacr...
The Catholic Herald

Dorothy Sayers Criticizes Rerum Novarum

describing her as "a distinguished anglican writer," the catholic herald asked the mystery novelist and playwright dorothy sayers to contrib...
Lessons from the Archives

Pope called Cardinal Burke his 'enemy' and threatened to strip him of privileges, reports claim

pope francis has referred to an outspoken american cardinal as his “enemy” and threatened to strip him of his privileges, according to repor...
Tom Colsy

Pope promotes former Anglican bishop who became priest

the pope has promoted a former anglican bishop to the rank of monsignor less than a year after he was ordained a catholic priest. mgr john g...
Simon Caldwell

Irish vocations: The glory days are gone

will the year of prayer for vocations solve ireland’s priesthood crisis? don’t hold your breath, says father michael collins. i rather felt ...
Father Michael Collins

Vatican Museums in dispute with workers and local residents over ‘troublesome’ visitors and noisy pilgrims

rome – nearly 50 employees of the vatican museums have initiated a labour dispute with the holy see over what they allege are poor, unfair a...
Elise Allen

'Do not kowtow to this evil': a Chinese Catholic speaks out as senior Communist-endorsed bishop visits Hong Kong

we hear a lot about china these days : from official vatican narratives surrounding the effectiveness of the controversial sino-vatican pact...
The Catholic Herald

British spies foiled two plots to kill Pope Francis in Iraq

british intelligence thwarted two terrorist plots to murder pope francis during his 2021 visit to iraq, a new book has revealed. spies tippe...
Simon Caldwell

Cardinal demonised to obscure truth in Vatican 'trial of the century', says defence lawyer

lawyers for italian cardinal angelo becciu, the principal defendant in the vatican’s “trial of the century” have accused the prosecutor of a...
Crux Staff