Vatican News

Papabile of the day: Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline emerges as a unifier with a global vision

each day between now and the may 7 conclave to elect a successor to pope francis, john allen is offering a profile of a different  papa...
John L Allen

Controversy erupts as sanctioned cardinal attends pre-conclave meetings

rome – as cardinals meet in rome ahead of a conclave to elect the next pope, a peruvian cardinal accused of sexual abuse and whose ministry ...
Elise Allen

Brazil’s Indigenous peoples mourn Pope Francis: ‘a prophet who stood with us'

são paulo – among the social groups that have lamented pope francis’s death in brazil, the indigenous peoples seem to be especially impacted...
EduardoCamposLima

Cardinals pray at Pope Francis’s tomb as conclave preparations begin

rome – after attending pope francis’s funeral saturday and as they begin pre-conclave meetings to discuss the state of the world and the chu...
Elise Allen

Papabile of the day: Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa - the bridge-builder from Jerusalem

each day between now and the conclave to elect a successor to pope francis, on a date yet to be set, john allen is offering a profile of a d...
John L Allen

Parolin at Novemdiales: mercy Is Pope Francis’s enduring legacy

italian cardinal pietro parolin on sunday said the overwhelming love for pope francis must not be a flash of momentary emotion, but that his...
Elise Ann Allen

Francis, ‘the people’s pope’, entombed in his favourite Roman basilica

in the final stage of his earthly journey, pope francis was entombed on saturday in the papal basilica of saint mary major, a sign of his de...
Elise Allen

Requiem for a Pope

william cash, former editor of the catholic herald , on pope francis’s funeral and legacy the sight of donald trump and his catholic first l...
William Cash

Trump and Zelensky have heart-to-heart inside the Vatican

images of president zelensky and donald trump having a private conversation at the funeral of pope francis have emerged. the relationship be...
Thomas Edwards

Cardinal Re’s homily remembers Pope Francis’s legacy

during his funeral mass, pope francis was remembered for his extraordinary legacy of service to those on life’s margins and praised for his ...
Elise Ann Allen