Vatican News

The honour of suffering humiliation

the third sunday of easter acts 5:27-32 & 40-41; rev 5:11-14; jn 21:1-19 (year c) christ is alive! he is our hope, and in a wonderful wa...

Bishop David McGough

Letters & Emails

after the revolution, the reckoning sir – the article by fr hugh somerville knapman (feature, april 5), on the desirability of revisiting th...

The Catholic Herald

Why exorcism went out of fashion – and why it's back

in 1969, the swiss jesuit herbert haag published goodbye to the devil, an argument that satan was merely a metaphor. along with two american...

Matthew Schmitz

Leonardo at 500: Catholicism was the real Da Vinci Code

the leonardo renaissance sweeping the globe over the past few years will hit fever pitch this month as the world remembers his death 500 yea...

Why Spain's Catholic vote splits three ways

the spanish church wished “light and strength” to premier pedro sánchez after his socialist party took a strong lead in sunday’s election, a...

Jonathan Luxmoore

Is it time for new tests on the Turin Shroud?

scientists are calling for fresh tests on the turin shroud after a paper challenged a previous finding that it dated from the middle ages. t...

The gaps in the Vatican's draft constitution

the talk last week was all about the impending reform of the roman curia, to be accomplished – on paper, at any rate – by way of an apostoli...

Christopher R. Altieri

The week in quotations

"pope francis is happy with benedict xvi’s profound analysis" cardinal müller says the popes agree on the abuse crisis first things "until t...

Meanwhile: Papal advice for hairdressers

hairdressers are known to enjoy a good chat. but on a pilgrimage to rome last week, they received a warning not to let it get out of hand. i...

The Big Story: Speculation mounts over Vatican constitution

what happened? more details have emerged about possible changes to the vatican’s constitution. the spanish magazine vida nueva published det...