Vatican News

US Catholic Leaders Survey 2024: Charity, non-profit and others

mark ackermann president and ceo, catholic herald institute mark ackermann is the president and ceo of the catholic herald institute. he is ...
James MacGuire and William Cash

Pope of surprises: but will latest Vatican developments placate papal critics?

rome – fans of the epic british period drama “downton abbey” will recall that in the series finale, at one point gladys denker, maid to the ...
John L Allen

Pilgrimage in a time of war: a view from the Holy Land as the conflict continues

children ride bicycles along a breakwater by the sea of galilee in january 2024 . getty images jerusalem - the sun was already starting to s...
Will Edwards

Hong Kong's Catholics face ‘collapse of religious freedom’

religious freedom is being lost in hong kong due to pressure from the chinese communist party, according to a new report from the committee ...
The Catholic Herald

Religious from 60 countries converge on Vatican to prep for 2025 Jubilee of Hope

rome – religious representatives are converging on the vatican this week to prepare for the upcoming 2025 jubilee of hope celebrations, whic...
Elise Allen

Cardinal Ambongo: emerging papal candidate due to Fiducia Supplicans

rome – there is a story that during british rule of india, colonial officials became concerned about poisonous cobras in the city of delhi a...
John L Allen

African cardinal says Fiducia Supplicans has ‘damaged’ synodal process

rome – an africa cardinal who recently led the continent’s bishops in rejecting blessings for same-sex couples has now taken to task the tim...
Ngala Chimton / Crux

Chinese mainland gets bishop for first 'new Catholic diocese' since communist revolution

rome – the state-sanctioned catholic church in china has seen a new bishop’s appointment made alongside the establishment of a new diocese o...
Elise Allen

Commemorating Cardinal Consalvi: 200 years of restored relations between Great Britain and the Holy See

last week saw the bicentenary of the death of cardinal ercole consalvi, who died on 24 january 1824. brilliant, erudite and anglop...
John Martin Robinson

The meaningless vacuity of just being 'nice'

the week of prayer for christian unity has changed its character over the years. it used to be the ecclesiastical version of birdmen leaping...
Gavin Ashenden