Vatican News

Meanwhile: Dawkins backs religion?

would morality collapse if people stopped believing in god? today even bishops hesitate to suggest such a thing publicly, but the world’s be...

The week ahead: Pope's Far-East trip, Holodomor anniversary, lecture on anti-Catholic prejudice

pope francis’s trip to thailand and japan begins on tuesday november 19, when he flies from rome to bangkok. the visit will begin with a wel...

Overlooked: Radio station shares 'new Akita message'

what happened?   a us radio station has claimed to have received a new message from the convent of sister agnes sasagawa of akita, a ja...

A grown-up guide to the Classics

of gods and men: 100 stories  from ancient greece and rome   edited by daisy dunn a pollo, 640pp, £25/$35 the word “anthology” ori...

Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith

The pastoral challenge of the ‘gig economy’

is swearing a moral issue? in the past, we were taught that invoking “the holy name” blasphemously was indeed an offence. but there are so m...

Portugal's pro-lifers face an uphill battle to stop euthanasia

euthanasia is a step closer to being legalised in portugal, following elections that took place on october 6, which strengthened the three p...

Filipe D'Avillez

'I expected more': Why whistleblowers are surprised by the Buffalo inquiry

when the vatican announced the new law vos estis lux mundi, reforming the way the holy see investigates claims of abuse cover-up, veteran ch...

Christopher R. Altieri

On money and other matters, it's been a rough few weeks in Rome

the past few weeks have been awfully rough for pope francis, the roman curia, and for church leadership generally, especially on three front...

Christopher R. Altieri

World news: from Brazil to Berlin

washington, dc new rules to protect catholic adoption agencies catholic adoption agencies will be able to follow church teaching without los...

Meanwhile: An Underground connection

✣ it’s always good to see a london underground station being reminded of its roots. there hasn’t been a dominican priory on the banks of the...