Vatican News

Vatican secretary of state celebrates Christmas in Baghdad

christians and muslims in iraq are called by the same god to rebuild a nation where peace, harmony and justice reign, cardinal pietro paroli...
Cindy Wooden

McCarrick abused youth during confession, lawyer charges

a man who says he was serially sexually abused by archbishop theodore mccarrick testified thursday as part of a vatican investigation regard...
JD Flynn/CNA

Vatican court convicts Italian of money laundering

the vatican city state court sentenced an italian contractor, who had done work for several vatican offices, to 2 1/2 years in jail for usin...
Cindy Wooden

'My filth crackles as He seizes hold of me': an interview with Sister Wendy Beckett

the copthorne tam hotel is a tall, nondescript tower-block that sheds a thick shadow across the back of high street kensington station. the ...
Freddy Gray

Priest apologises for funeral homily that focused on suicide

a michigan priest criticised for emphasising suicide in his homily during a recent funeral for an 18-year-old who took his own life has sinc...
Carol Zimmermann

Vietnam could allow the Holy See to appoint a nuncio 'in the near future'

Negotiators are trying to establish full diplomatic relations between the Vatican and the communist state
Carol Glatz

Pope Francis meets Nobel Peace Prize winner Nadia Murad

Murad, who was enslaved by ISIS, received the Nobel prize for her 'efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war'
Courtney Grogan/CNA

Morning Catholic must-reads: 21/12/18

vietnam has reportedly agreed to allow the holy see to appoint a resident nuncio “in the near future” . pope francis met the nobel prize-win...
Luke Coppen

Nine books that will lift your spirits

it is always a fascinating exercise to look back over the year and try to select the most memorable books reviewed. why this book and not th...
Francis Phillips

‘Beauty can lead to faith’ – an interview with the director of the Vatican Museums

barbara jatta, the first woman to direct the vatican museums in their 512-year history, says that she grew up amid the smells of solvent. he...
Desmond O'Grady