Vatican News

Bishop Barron: The movie that Benedict XVI really deserves

the new and much-ballyhooed netflix film the two popes should, by rights, be called the one pope, for it presents a fairly nuanced, textured...
Bishop Robert Barron

How Cardinal Tagle's new job could transform the Church

when cardinal luis antonio tagle takes the reins at the vatican congregation for the evangelisation of peoples this month, he will face a ho...
Christopher R. Altieri

A relative of Prince Harry heads for canonisation

next week could see a cricket-mad aristocrat related to princes william and harry take a step closer to canonisation, when vatican officials...
Simon Caldwell

Who can replace Cardinal Sodano as dean?

an apostolic letter which tweaked the role of the dean of the college of cardinals was one of two moves at the end of 2019 which made it cle...
Christopher R. Altieri

The best of the web: dangerous disconnects, Ethiopian Christianity and a 'miracle'

dangerous disconnects in catholic teaching? seminary formation and catholic theology are becoming increasingly cut off from the real lives o...
Staff writers

The week ahead: Bible year, Sistine Chapel baptisms and Prohibition

the bishops of england and wales have dedicated 2020 as a year of focus on the bible, entitled “the god who speaks”, celebrating, living and...
Staff writers

Overlooked: Twenty-nine missionaries killed in 2019

what happened? according to the vatican’s missionary agency fides, 29 missionaries were killed around the world last year. of these, 18 were...
Staff writers

The big story: Pope apologises for slapping woman's hand

what happened? pope francis has apologised for slapping the hand of a woman who reached out and grabbed him on new year’s eve. film of the i...
Staff writers

Chile: a wake-up call for the global Church

chile is the new ireland: a once proud catholic nation dramatically turning its back on the church. a survey by the pontifical catholic univ...
The Catholic Herald

What the 'State of the World' address reveals about the state of the Church

pope francis delivered his annual “state of the world” speech to diplomats accredited to the holy see on thursday morning, in the clementine...
Christopher R. Altieri