Vatican Dispatch

Breakspear: The English Pope, by RAJ Waddingham

breakspear: the english pope raj waddingham the history press, £25, 304 pages after a few years of any papacy it inevitably happens: people ...
Ben Stephens

Keeping body and soul together in Bangkok and Singapore

singapore is abuzz with anticipation of the forthcoming papal visit; i was there in june, during a couple of weeks in the far east. last tim...
Serenhedd James

Four German bishops opt out of controversial ‘Synodal Council’

amid an ongoing back and forth between the vatican and the german bishops conference over a controversial new ecclesial body, four of the na...
Elise Allen

Pope Francis adds feast of Martha, Mary, and Lazarus to Church calendar

vatican city, feb 2, 2021 / 06:00 am mt ( cna ) .- pope francis on tuesday added the memorial of sts. mary, martha, and lazarus to the gener...
Hannah Brockhaus

Vatican preparing text for divorced and remarried couples, Cardinal Farrell says

the vatican’s dicastery for the laity, family, and life is preparing a document that will address divorced and remarried couples at the requ...
Jonah McKeown

Pope to visit four Pacific rim countries in September

pope francis will visit three countries in asia and one in oceania in the first two weeks of september, according to the vatican . he travel...
The Catholic Herald

Pope Francis' upcoming meeting with Indigenous delegation a step toward healing, Canadian bishops say

washington, d.c. newsroom, nov 10, 2021 / 11:37 am the canadian conference of catholic bishops released further details of its upcoming trip...
Christine-Rousselle

The Sino-Vatican Pact fails again: an appeal from the Catholic Church in China

this has been written by a chinese catholic, to whom we have for obvious reasons granted anonymity. the translation of bishop shen bin from ...
The Catholic Herald

The realignment continues

it was nearly 30 years ago when cardinal basil hume acknowledged almost excitedly that a realignment was taking place within english christi...
Simon Caldwell

'Is the Pope a Catholic?' The rhetorical question that's losing axiomatic power

“is the pope a catholic?” is old and well-used rhetorical repartee. it doesn’t require and answer. or it didn’t until recently. after pope’s...
Gavin Ashenden