Vatican News

Pope responds to cardinals' dubia, says 'maybe' to blessing some same-sex unions, ‘no’ on women priests

rome – responding to a group of five cardinals who posed critical questions about his upcoming synod of bishops on synodality, pope francis ...

The Sino-Vatican Pact isn't working: so why does Cardinal Chow insist that it is?

this weekend should have been one of celebration for hong kong catholics – the elevation of their new bishop to the rank of cardinal. the fa...

Vatican's China diplomacy is working, says Hong Kong cardinal-designate

rome – cardinal-designate stephen chow of hong kong, who will receive his red hat from pope francis tomorrow, has voiced his belief that the...

Lawyer in ‘trial of the century’ claims defendants treated Vatican bank ‘like a cash machine’

rome – a panel of vatican judges overseeing the trial of ten defendants for extortion and other financial crimes, dubbed the vatican's "tria...

Rome prepares for pre-synod frenzy with packed schedule starting this week

rome – the synod of bishops on synodality is this autumn’s catholic equivalent of the american super bowl. as a result, the next few days ar...

Papal envoy in leopard print vestment causes social media frenzy

rome – a veteran vatican diplomat recently became a brief cause célèbre in italy after images of him celebrating mass in a leopard print cha...

Germany: Catholic clergy defy Church and affirm same-sex couples at Cologne Cathedral

several clerics from the archdiocese of cologne have joined representatives of protestant denominations in a ceremony to affirm same-sex cou...

Critics are wrong to accuse Pope Pius XII of inactivity during Holocaust

pope john xxiii, that short-serving but consequential pontiff – he was in office for less than five years, but was responsible for convening...

Archbishop of Mombasa decries official recognition of Kenyan gay-rights group

a leading catholic prelate in kenya, who’s set to take part in a vatican synod of bishops next month, has objected to a ruling by the countr...

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Vatican and China discuss resumption of grain exports from Russia and Ukraine

pope francis’s peace envoy has met government officials in china to discuss how to restart a deal to allow ukraine and russia to export grai...