Vatican News

The anti-clerical poet who inspired conversions to Catholicism

how should one evaluate the relationship of a poet with the church, when his verse is either obscure or plainly hostile to organised religio...

Some churchmen are embarrassed by their authority. Not Francis

in 1981, john paul ii released familiaris consortio, a document which stated that unless the divorced and remarried abstain from sex, admitt...

Matthew Schmitz

How John Paul II's great encyclical is being erased from history

at the heart of the controversy over the dismantling of the john paul ii institute in rome is the effective sacking of two leading moral the...

Fr Raymond de Souza

The Viganò affair has revealed the depth of the Church's crisis

a year ago, archbishop carlo maria viganò was a retired diplomat who was little known beyond the limited world of vaticanologists. he had re...

Diary: Newman's failures make him an ideal patron for students

at last, newman house university chaplaincy has gone contactless. we still pass the money bags around at mass, as if following a half-rememb...

Fr Stephen Wang

Argentina: Where did it all go wrong?

few things in the realms of the human psyche can prove quite so traumatising as the loss of a high status once enjoyed. the history of argen...

Will Rome finally intervene in the troubled Diocese of Buffalo?

the protracted crisis in the us diocese of buffalo has piqued rome’s interest, as many of buffalo’s 727,000 catholics have lost confidence i...

Christopher R. Altieri

World news: from Mérida to Melbourne

washington, dc shrine rector investigated the diocese of scranton has begun an investigation intovmgr walter rossi, the longstanding rector ...

The week in quotations

"we never stopped imagining how beautiful our church would be, once fixed" fr george jahola on the reopening of a church desecrated by isis ...

Overlooked: Hit film helps unexpected boom in Lourdes visitors

what happened? lourdes is experiencing a surge in visitors, helped by a successful film about the pilgrimage site. according to the times, 2...