Vatican News

How to fast like the pope who faced Attila the Hun

as christians prepare to engage in the fasting and abstinence of lent, they can find guidance in the words of pope st. leo the great’s sermo...
Catholic News Agency

Lenten fasting is a 'wake-up call for the soul', Pope says

fasting from food or other things during lent is a chance for catholics to reorient their material attachments, pope francis said on ash wed...
Hannah Brockhaus/CNA

Morning Catholic must-reads: 07/03/19

the number of priests worldwide has declined for the first time since 2010 , according to new vatican statistics ( vatican bulletin ). cardi...
Luke Coppen

Pope declines to take up young activist's Lenten vegan challenge

pope francis does not appear to have taken up a young environmental activist’s call to observe a vegan lent. the 12-year-old american girl, ...
Flora Watkins

Pell lawyer will remain on legal team, despite report he would quit

robert richter, cardinal george pell's defense lawyer, said tuesday that he has not quit the prelate's legal team. a melbourne daily had ear...
Catholic News Agency

French minister calls on Holy See to revoke nuncio's diplomatic immunity over abuse claims

france's european affairs minister encouraged the holy see last week to aid in an investigation of the apostolic nuncio to france, who has b...
Catholic News Agency

Morning Catholic must-reads: 05/03/19

pope francis has appealed for “a new presence of catholics” in latin american politics. the rome-beijing agreement "will greatly help the ca...
Luke Coppen

The forgotten canonisation Cause of King James II

the publication of my piece on the possibility of charles i’s sanctity awoke something of a hornet’s nest. not surprisingly, ordinariate fol...
Charles Coulombe

Vatican to open secret archives on Pope Pius XII

the vatican will open the secret archives on pope pius xii, pope francis has announced. pope pius led the church through the second world wa...
Staff Reporter

Stop gossiping and repent of your sins, Pope says

in a visit to a roman parish on sunday, pope francis encouraged catholics to stop gossiping and ruminating on the shortcomings of other peop...
Hannah Brockhaus/CNA