Vatican News

Fra' Matthew Festing, British-born Grand Master of the Sovereign Order of Malta, laid to rest after Requiem in Valletta

fra’ matthew festing, the 79th grand master of the sovereign order of malta, has been laid to rest following a funeral in valletta. a mighty...

Diary: Memories of Christmas down the years and across the seas

it was when i first saw uncle john harman’s black trousers protruding under father christmas’s scarlet robe that my world changed. up till t...

An ode to the Isle of Wight's intriguing Catholic Churches

the second catholic relief act of 1791 marked the start of a century-plus of the building of  a series of interesting catholic chu...

Rhodes to past glories

'these islands are really heavenly when the weather allows,” wrote lawrence durrell about rhodes in 1946 when he was stationed in the dodeca...

RIP David Amess – a Requiem Mass for the Don Quixote of British Politics

on a crisp and sombre november day at a packed out westminster cathedral, his eminence cardinal nichols was the principal celebrant at the r...

The last surviving Trappist monk from Algeria massacre has died at 97

father jean pierre schumacher, one of two monks who survived the tibhirine abbey massacre in algeria in 1996, has died at the age of 97. sch...

Croatian president raises plight of Bosnian Catholics during Vatican visit

croatia’s president zoran milanović highlighted the situation of the catholic minority in bosnia and herzegovina during a visit to the vatic...

Pope Francis: Care for creation is one of the ‘great moral issues of our time’

vatican city, nov 11, 2021 / 05:00 am pope francis has called care for god’s creation one of “the great moral issues of our time” in a lette...

Vatican liturgy chief: Traditional Latin Mass ‘abrogated by Pope St. Paul VI’

the vatican’s liturgy chief has said that the traditional latin mass was “abrogated by pope saint paul vi.” archbishop arthur roche made the...

Vatican loses £100 million in botched London property deal at centre of corruption case

the vatican is expected to suffer a loss of £100 million from its botched property investment in london. a deal to sell off its share of 60 ...