Vatican News

Little devotions help us become better Catholics

in the 13th century a priest on pilgrimage to rome was suffering doubts about the eucharist. during a mass his host become flesh and bled up...

Fr John Zuhlsdorf

Pavarotti's giant appetite for life

any film about luciano pavarotti must deliver the kind of experience that made him the most admired and recognised singer of his age. pavaro...

Pray that Charlie's Law is passed

can a pair of brave but terribly sick little boys, neither of whom lived to see the age of two, move a whole nation to change unjust laws? o...

Letters & emails

the challenge facing lourdes sir – the article by christopher altieri regarding the changes taking place at the lourdes sanctuary (vatican n...

The Catholic Herald

Pope Francis was courageous to call out the diplomats

the holy see’s diplomatic corps – gathered en masse for their triennial meeting last week – has had its prominence and power restored under ...

Fr Raymond de Souza

The Knights of Malta's Mass ban is hardly chivalrous

fra' giacomo dalla torre, the grand master of the order of malta, has informed members that henceforth all masses celebrated in the context ...

Diary: I hope Boris proves his old tutor wrong

what a pleasure it is to listen to the vatican news in latin – or hebdomada papae, notitiae vaticanae latine redditae , to give the broadcas...

Could Archbishop Gómez lead the US bishops out of the doldrums?

from 2004 until his retirement last year, michael j bransfield served as bishop of wheeling-charleston. it’s the perfect posting for a prela...

Michael Warren Davis

'We could have done better': an interview with Cardinal Versaldi

the folks at the congregation for catholic education were surprised, apparently, by the reaction to the document they released last week on ...

Christopher R. Altieri

Meanwhile: Wine and Zeffirelli

for two millennia, europeans have been drinking similar wines, according to new research – and we have monks to thank. a paper in the journa...