Vatican News

Leave divisions behind and embrace fellowship, Pope says at Marian shrine

at a marian shrine in the heart of transylvania, pope francis has called on romania's catholics to leave resentments behind and to embark on...
Junno Arocho Esteves

There are big changes for Caritas International. But what do they mean?

pope francis has placed the pontifical charitable umbrella organisation, caritas internationalis , under the control of the dicastery for pr...
Christopher R. Altieri

Pope Francis will beatify these martyred Greek-Catholic bishops in Romania

on sunday in blaj, pope francis will beatify seven greek-catholic bishops of romania who were killed by the communist regime between 1950 an...
Hannah Brockhaus/CNA

The family that could save Europe

a little over a hundred years ago, emperor karl of austria, his wife zita and their small children were forced to leave their last refuge in...
Charles Coulombe

How to… Climb the Holy Stairs

there is really only one way to climb the scala santa – or holy stairs – in rome, and that is on your knees. tradition holds that the white ...
The Catholic Herald

The statistic that shames Catholic politicians

if catholics were barred from public office, our politics might be greatly improved. such a harsh assessment would be unthinkable if catholi...
Matthew Schmitz

Vatican II was meant to be the laity's 'coming of age'. So what went wrong?

on october 11 1962, st john xxiii formally opened the second vatican council. its avowed purpose was, he told the thousands assembled in st ...
Stephen Bullivant

Was a dramatic police raid in the Diocese of Dallas really necessary?

earlier this month dozens of polices officers, some dressed in swat gear, descended on the office of the diocese of dallas. the police were ...
Jordan Bloom

There's more to the story of the electrician cardinal

earlier this month, two stories featured prominently in social media feeds for a news cycle or two. comparing them makes for an interesting ...
Christopher R. Altieri

World News: from Los Angeles to Lodwar

st paul, minnesota attorney seeks to sue holy see over abuse an attorney has announced that he is suing the holy see for documents relating ...
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