Vatican News

The Week in Review: France prepares for Pope Leo, bishops on the move, midterm elections begin

The week’s Catholic news includes preparations for Pope Leo XIV’s visit to France, UK sanctions on Israeli settlements and new initiatives by bishops in Britain and the US
The Catholic Herald

Vatican’s authority at risk over decision on Germany’s Synodal Conference

Bishop Wilmer is strangely confident that the Synodal Conference’s statutes will be approved, despite the Vatican’s firm opposition
Michael Haynes

Bishop Mutsaerts: The Church in crisis and how we shouldn’t save it

Twelve issues, uncomfortable truths, and a Catholic path forward for the Church, as identified by Bishop Mutsaerts
Bishop Robert Mutsaerts

Bishop Wilmer seeks to change everything in the name of synodality

For the German prelate, everything that is unchanging must change in the name of synodality, except synodality itself.
Michael Haynes

Archbishop Gallagher marks 40 years since Chernobyl with call for nuclear disarmament

Archbishop Gallagher said the peaceful use of nuclear technology must be guided by ethical principles, while warning of the dangers posed by nuclear weapons and attacks on nuclear facilities
Corrie Douglas-Young

Cardinal Burke, synodality's Protestant roots and assisted suicide fails

David Hahn on assisted suicide's defeat, Brandmüller's synodality broadside and Burke's defence of Mary as Co-Redemptrix
The Catholic Herald

Vatican text praises 60 years of ecumenism and ‘new ethic of dialogue’

“No respectful relationship with other religions can be sincere or feasible without a corresponding respect for the religious freedom of others,” read the Note.
Michael Haynes

Vatican denies Macron’s request to give Pope private tour of Notre-Dame

What is clear is that the Holy See are keen for the brief journey to remain firmly an apostolic and pastoral trip rather than a state voyage.
Michael Haynes

Vatican Apostolic Archive and Library to be expanded

The Pope said the expansion was needed to preserve the Holy See’s historical memory and accommodate the institutions’ growing collections
Corrie Douglas-Young

Pope overturns 2021 wage cuts for Vatican staff and cardinals

Seemingly the Vatican’s finances are no longer in as serious a situation as previous years have documented
Michael Haynes