Vatican News

The big story: Benedict XVI offers history lesson on abuse

what happened? pope emeritus benedict xvi has published a 6,000-word essay on the abuse crisis, tracing its historical roots and arguing tha...
Staff writers

Trump calls Pope Francis promising to help Notre Dame reconstruction

president donald trump and pope francis spoke on the phone wednesday afternoon, with the president pledging to assist with the rebuilding of...
Catholic News Agency

Man arrested entering St Patrick’s cathedral with gasoline

a man is in custody after he attempted to bring containers of gasoline into st. patrick’s cathedral in new york city wednesday night. the ma...
Christine Rousselle & CNA

Notre Dame fire shows beauty still matters, art historian says

as people in paris and around the world watched in horror as flames consumed the roof of notre dame cathedral, the blaze also stirred genuin...
Junno Arocho Esteves

Dispute over Papal Foundation’s $25 million grant approval continues

scrutiny continues for the u.s.-based papal foundation, amid questions of whether some of its grant activity was motivated by a desire to se...
Kevin Jones/CNA

Structure of Notre Dame saved after major fire

shortly after midnight tuesday, firefighters said the main structure of notre-dame de paris, the city's cathedral, had been preserved from c...
Catholic News Agency

5 things to know about the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris

catholics around the world watched with horror as the roof of cathedrale notre-dame was engulfed with flames on monday afternoon. the blaze ...
Catholic News Agency

Paris archbishop and Holy See call for prayer as Notre-Dame burns

both the holy see and the archbishop of paris have encouraged prayer while firefighters in the french capital battle a blaze on the roof of ...
Catholic News Agency

Chaput: 'Secular inquisitors' are the enemies of religious freedom

the once christian culture of the west has forgotten its roots, archbishop charles chaput said friday, warning that basic principles of huma...
Catholic News Agency

Cardinal Woelki: The Church cannot be bullied into changing her doctrine

“the church cannot be bullied into changing her doctrine if change contradicts the spirit of the gospel,” cardinal woelki has said. in an ar...
David Oldroyd-Bolt