Vatican News

Will the abuse summit be a turning point for the Church?

the vatican’s clerical abuse summit was many things at the same time, some of them contradictory. the summit was the sixth major initiative ...

Fr Raymond de Souza

The row over Franco's body exposes divisions in the Church

controversial plans by spain’s governing socialists to rebury general francisco franco will not be opposed by the vatican, which has now ins...

Jonathan Luxmoore

What Catholics can learn from Ethiopia's Pentecostal PM

at the end of last month, pope francis welcomed africa’s most-watched young leader to the vatican. abiy ahmed, prime minister of ethiopia, a...

Fr Alistair Jones, OP

The trouble with lists of 'credibly accused' priests

frédéric martel’s new book, inside the closet of the vatican, was supposed to expose a “velvet mafia” calling the shots in the eternal city....

Michael Warren Davis

Things went from bad to worse at the Rome abuse summit

now that the four-day meeting on child protection in the church is over and done, the question is: what next? for an answer to that, you’ll ...

Christopher R. Altieri

The big story of the past seven days: Francis calls for 'all-out-battle' against abuse

what happened? pope francis has called for an “all-out battle” against the sexual abuse of children, following a major vatican meeting on th...

The Holy See is finally calling Maduro's bluff

the italian newspaper corriere della sera recently published a three-page letter purportedly from pope francis to venezuelan president nicol...

The Catholic Herald

What happens to priests who father children? Vatican cardinal explains the guidelines

when the vatican congregation for clergy developed guidelines a decade ago for handling cases of priests who father children, the first obje...

Disaster for Pell as his lawyer appears to concede his guilt

cardinal pell’s plans to appeal his conviction for rape have been thrown into confusion by an extraordinary statement from his own lawyer wh...

Vatican announces canonical investigation of Cardinal Pell

the day australian cardinal george pell was jailed in melbourne after being found guilty of child sexual abuse, the vatican announced his ca...