Vatican News

St John Paul II’s challenge for the synod

'Do not be afraid of the love that places clear demands on people,' John Paul wrote
Fr Raymond de Souza

Viganò tells Ouellet: Yes, the Vatican had detailed proof of McCarrick’s wrongdoing

Archbishop Viganò says the Vatican had documentary evidence, but that officials either failed to act or were prevented from doing so
Dan Hitchens

Letters from the Synod-2018: October 19

Reports and Commentary, from Rome and Elsewhere, on the XV Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops
Xavier Rynne II

Get real: What young religious hope to hear from the youth synod

Like other young people, they yearn for clarity, authenticity and truth
Mary Rezac/CNA

We should rediscover our relationship with our guardian angel

Angels are real, and constantly at work in the world on our behalf at the behest of God
Francis Phillips

Saints reunited

on sunday, pope francis canonised two spiritual giants of the 20th century. from now on, st paul vi and st oscar romero will always be conne...
The Catholic Herald

Bishops: Robert Graves’s synod

the gathering in rome is intent on keeping up the appearance of debate what are they on about? that is the question a lot of people are aski...
Christopher R. Altieri

The year couples left the Church ‘on tiptoe’

michael duggan steps into a time machine that takes him back to humanae vitae the schism of ‘68 edited by alana harris, palgrave, 400pp, £69...
Michael Duggan

Prize crossword 0564

cryptic across 1 california’s (whichever way you look), north america’s ‘promised land’ (6) 4 dreadfully-sounding irish county (6) 8 easterl...
Alun Evans

Tiananmen Square to St. Peter’s Square: Who are the Chinese bishops at the synod?

One bishop said Chinese Catholics should learn to adapt to a communist society
Courtney Grogan/CNA