Vatican News

Italy should get back taxes from Vatican, court rules

catholic leaders are open to discussing with the italian government a court ruling saying italy has the right to recover millions of dollars...

Catholic News Agency

Cupich and Wuerl collaborated on alternative sex abuse proposal

cardinal blase cupich of chicago and cardinal donald wuerl of washington collaborated extensively on a recently proposed policy for handling...

Italian bishops vote to change translation of the Our Father

the italian bishops approved an updated translation of mass prayers, including a change in the translation of the our father, and they passe...

Milan court rules against Archbishop Viganò in inheritance lawsuit

a civil court in milan has ordered archbishop carlo maria viganò, a longtime diplomat and former vatican nuncio to the united states, to ret...

Catholics in Britain and America are drawing closer together

the launch of the american edition of the catholic herald brings to these shores our own version of a journal that has been making british c...

Charles Coulombe

A Marian moment away from the tourists

the paradox of modern mass tourism is that we all want to visit beautiful places that aren’t spoilt by tourism, and yet each of us is a tour...

The future of the Catholic vote

Historically, the US faithful have voted along ethnic lines – or mirrored national divisions. But old allegiances are fraying

Daniel McCarthy

Heretic of the week

arius (ad 250 or 256–336) was a north african priest who taught that christ was not god. although his teaching was condemned by the council ...

Charles Coulombe

Latin: the language of remembrance

i recently attended the funeral at the london oratory of a friend, killed in an accident aged only 47. the baroque magnificence of the orato...

Are tensions rising between the Vatican and Cardinal Burke?

the italian journalist who helped archbishop carlo maria viganò craft his searing “testimony” now claims that rome has quietly ordered ameri...

Michael Warren Davis