Vatican News

Da Vinci Genius: ‘a dynamic interactive show, perfectly suited to do justice to Leonardo’s eclectic oeuvre’

amsterdam - following the success of such immersive art shows as david hockney’s   bigger & closer (not smaller & further away)...
William Cash

Legal gap around ‘false mysticism’ may hamper Rupnik prosecution, experts say

rome – as the abuse case of famed slovene priest and artist father marko ivan rupnik continues to perplex catholics around the globe, expert...
Elise Allen

New Latin Mass history is 'a momentous work, exhaustively referenced and well tied-together'

the latin mass and the intellectuals: petitions to save the ancient mass from 1966 to 2007 dr joseph shaw, president of the latin mass socie...
Tom Colsy

Roma locuta, causa finita est ... err, what was that the Pope said?

rome – by any measure one chooses to employ, the papacy is among the most visible offices on the face of the planet. on the social media pla...
John L Allen

Vatican upholds ban on Catholics becoming Freemasons

rome - the vatican’s doctrinal office has reaffirmed the incompatibility of masonry and catholicism. the response from the dicastery for the...
The Catholic Herald

Head of China’s government-backed bishops’ body visits Hong Kong

rome –bishop li shan of beijing, who leads the government-sponsored bishops’ conference in china, began a five-day visit to hong kong this w...
Elise Allen

Dark forces in Vatican wanted me gone, says sacked Bishop Joseph Strickland

an american bishop has claimed he was fired by the pope because dark forces within the vatican wanted to stop him from preaching the gospel....
Simon Caldwell

Is the Pope above the law? More questions as Vatican 'trial of the century' continues

rome – at one level, the question facing the three judges overseeing the vatican’s long-running “trial of the century,” who are expected to ...
John L Allen

Explaining Pope Francis’s perceived ‘ambiguity’ on Israel and Judaism

rome – leaders often speak at least as loudly by what they don’t say as by what they do, and such would appear to be the case in recent days...
John L Allen

Jesuits ‘exhaustively’ warned Slovenian diocese against incardination of Rupnik

the jesuits "exhaustively" warned a slovenian bishop that the incardination of a celebrity catholic priest-artist facing multiple accusation...
Tom Colsy