Vatican News

Report: Vatican already knew about Argentine bishop's sexual misconduct

(rome) an ap exclusive report published sunday claims the holy see received evidence of misconduct on the part of an argentinian bishop with...

Christopher R. Altieri

Mexican pilgrims to miss World Youth Day after using bogus travel agency

hundreds of mexican pilgrims planning to attend world youth day in panama have been unable to travel because the tour packages they purchase...

Vatican confirms suppression of Ecclesia Dei commission

pope francis folded the responsibilities and budget of the commission responsible for traditional catholics into the congregation for the do...

Christopher R. Altieri

Pope says it's a 'grave sin' to deny God has blessed other Christians

just as divisions in society grow when wealth is not shared, divisions within christianity grow when the richness of gifts god has given to ...

How the founders of a Protestant mega-church converted to Catholicism

we have entered the week of prayer for christian unity and thus today at mass we prayed the traditional prayer that our “separated brethren”...

Francis Phillips

Pictures: Farm animals blessed outside St Peter's Square

farmers from across italy brought their animals to the vatican for a blessing thursday, turning the street outside st. peter’s square into a...

Hannah Brockhaus/CNA

Morning Catholic must-reads: 18/01/19

critics of pope francis want his pontificate “to end as soon as possible” , cardinal walter kasper has said. the vatican has released an onl...

Fall of a celebrity priest

on january 7, the washington post reported that in 2005 opus dei paid the astonishing sum of $977,000 to a woman who accused fr john mcclosk...

Heretic of the week: Mani

mani (216-274) was an iranian who lived during the transition of power in persia from the foreign parthians to the native sassanid dynasty –...

Charles Coulombe

Prize crossword 0576

cryptic across 7 girl getting support at new church is a token of peace (5,6) 8 unexpected drink after a mother gets bargains here? (5,3) 9 ...