Vatican News

Nancy Pelosi receives Holy Communion at the Vatican

house speaker nancy pelosi reportedly received holy communion at a mass with pope francis at the vatican on wednesday. pelosi took communion...
Hannah Brockhaus

Factious spirit

scottish catholics had to wait for nearly 30 years after their coreligionists in england and wales for the restoration of their own hierarch...
Serenhedd James

A survey of Scotland's private chapels

the reformation of the 16th century embraced scotland with even greater ferocity than it did england, although somewhat later in time. james...
John Martin Robinson and Michael Hodges

Jack Kerouac at 100

the american writer jack kerouac, whose centenary fell this year, was adamant about the catholic inspiration of his work, which he repeatedl...
Benjamin Ivry

Ritual matters

ritual: how seemingly senseless acts make life worth living is the latest ethnographic offering of dimitris xygalatas, an anthropologist and...
Ben Stephens

Exaggerated greatness: The Wreckers reviewed

the most curious thing about dame ethel smyth’s the wreckers – a “neglected” opera, rescued from the shadows for this summer’s glyndebourne ...
Michael White

Let’s call the whole thing off

themes of sacral monarchy and jubilee linger in the liturgical observances of the two weeks after trinity sunday, with their great feasts of...
Ben Stephens

Should the Vatican scrap China deal?

later this year, a deal inked in 2018 between the chinese communist party (ccp) and the vatican will expire. the initial two-year agreement ...
Staff Reporter

Catholic Bishop in Black Lives Matter row with school in US

an american catholic bishop has been caught up in a row with a middle school over flying flags championing the black lives matter (blm) and ...
Staff Reporter

War on Ukraine: A coordinated Catholic approach

until the russian military escalated its buildup along the ukrainian frontier earlier this year, the relationship between the polish and ukr...
Michael J. La Civita