Vatican News

Offering up our suffering helps us unite with Christ

i have a wonderful friend called anna whom i met at my local church about two years ago. i was new to the area and it was my first time at m...
Olenka Hamilton

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI: 1927-2022

it is anomalous that joseph ratzinger—who was pope benedict xvi from 2005 to 2013, and afterwards pope emeritus until his death at the vatic...
The Catholic Herald

Church mourns death of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI

the catholic church is today mourning the death today of pope emeritus benedict xvi. the 95-year-old german former pope died at 9.34 am loca...
Simon Caldwell

Church in prayer for Benedict as new details emerge in Rome

vatican city : december 29, 2022 new details about pope emeritus benedict xvi’s condition have emerged following pope francis’s request yest...
Diana Montagna

Pope Francis orders return of Parthenon fragments to Greece

pope francis has ordered the return of three parthenon fragments which have been held in the papal collections of the vatican museums for ce...
Olenka Hamilton

Vatican treats for the Christmas table

those wonderful boys in the swiss guard have done it again. after the vatican cookbook of 2016, which must by now surely be in every catholi...
Alicia Godfrey

Jesuit artist Father Rupnik has been practising ministry despite Vatican restrictions

a prominent jesuit priest has been continuing to practise his ministry despite the fact that it was restricted by the vatican in january 202...
Mark Lambert

How emperors protected the Papacy from bad popes and created Western Civilization

in the december issue, piers paul read reminded readers of the times when christianity was persecuted. this is not untimely, given the re-co...
James Bogle

All in the best possible taste

catholica: the visual culture of catholicism suzanna ivanič thames & hudson, £25, 256 pages the visual has always held a special place i...
Miles Pattenden

A forgotten convert

the life of thomas william allies 1813-1903: “a soul temper’d with fire” michael trott gracewing, £25, 480 pages thomas allies died aged 90 ...
Robin Ward