Vatican News

Shroud of Turin expert criticises new study casting doubt on authenticity

Emanuela Marinelli said there was 'nothing scientific' about the experiments
Junno Arocho Esteves

Papal confidantes denounce 'distorted American dream' of Prosperity Gospel

It is a 'theological justification for economic neo-liberalism', Jesuit journal Civiltà Cattolica said
Cindy Wooden

The McCarrick case shows the dangers of ecclesial ambition

The cardinal allegedly exploited the ambitions of seminarians in order to prey on them
Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith

Learn from tradition, Pope tells young people

'It is from your roots that you will get the strength to continue,' Pope Francis said
Junno Arocho Esteves

Dynastic dramas are so appealing because they're about family values

As family coherence becomes a memory, we've developed a taste for watching tight-knit families on our screens
Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith

Change teaching on contraception, British minister tells Church

Penny Mordaunt spoke after meeting the President of the Pontifical Academy for Life
Nick Hallett

US Association of Consecrated Virgins condemns ‘shocking’ new rules

The document says it is 'not essential' that a woman should have 'kept her body in perfect continence'
Staff Reporter

The Greyfriars are returning to Walsingham for the first time since the Reformation

The Conventual Franciscans are experiencing a revival in England
Fr Dominic Allain

Some want to run the Church like a business. This is a very bad idea

While priests need admin skills, experience shows that turning the Church into a business leads to disaster
Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith

Cardinal Arinze: If Protestants want to receive Communion, they should become Catholic

Cardinal Arinze weighs in on the Communion debate – and recalls the saint who inspired his vocation
Simon Caldwell