Vatican News

Healing ministry for abuse survivors is suddenly in demand

not without a certain trepidation, i have come to speak at a clergy convention in one of the dioceses of pennsylvania which was the subject ...
Fr Dominic Allain

Priests need your prayers this Passiontide

catholics journeying towards the new jerusalem through the sacrament-season of lent, our mysterious new exodus, from this sunday onward espe...
Fr John Zuhlsdorf

The strange birth of the Novus Ordo

after several decades of liturgy wars, few are unaware of the turbulent history of the post-conciliar liturgy since the new order of mass ( ...
Hugh Somerville-Knapman OSB

Viganò vindicated?

according to the organisers, the recent vatican sexual abuse summit was aimed at changing a mindset more than specific procedural reforms. y...
Fr Raymond de Souza

The persecution trap: vulnerable Christians are running out of allies

christianity is the largest faith in a world of thriving religions. it’s hard sometimes to feel that since the mental picture that grips mos...
John O'Sullivan

President Biden would be a headache for the Church

vice presidents aren’t usually figures of great political consequence. when he ran for the democratic nomination in 2008, joe biden never br...
Michael Warren Davis

How Lucetta Scaraffia lost the battle over the Vatican women's magazine

a kerfuffle erupted last week when the editor of the vatican newspaper’s monthly women’s magazine supplement abruptly quit, claiming she wou...
Christopher R. Altieri

Analysis: Gregory’s road to Washington

the appointment of archbishop wilton gregory to succeed cardinal donald wuerl brings an end to one of the most anticipated and drawn out epi...
Ed Condon/CNA

Vatican upholds guilty verdict of Guam archbishop for abuse of minors

the vatican's congregation for the doctrine of the faith has rejected an appeal by the now-former archbishop anthony s. apuron of agana, gua...
Carol Glatz

Parolin: Religious freedom under attack from ‘new human rights’

the vatican secretary of state condemned the ongoing abuse of religious freedom in many parts of the world, calling upon the media to highli...
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