Vatican News

Christ is crucified by every sinner - not just those who are Jewish

“and pilate seeing that he prevailed nothing, but that rather a tumult was made; taking water washed his hands before the people, saying: i ...
Gavin Ashenden

Pope defies medical advice to visit prison on Holy Thursday

rome – although pope francis is observing a two-month period of rest after a 38-day hospitalisation he ventured out twice yesterday - once t...
Elise Allen

The media applauds womb transplants despite its deconstruction of maternity

last week, surgeons in england hailed the “astonishing” medical breakthrough by which a 36-year-old woman became the first in this country t...
Anthony McCarthy

JD Vance to meet Cardinal Parolin on Easter trip to Rome

it has been confirmed that us vice-president jd vance and his family will travel to italy at the end of holy week and spend easter there, ac...
The Catholic Herald

UK Supreme Court rules ‘trans women’ aren’t legally women

the supreme court of the united kingdom has today ruled that individuals who identify as transgender women should not be legally defined as ...
The Catholic Herald

Presidential candidate Nikki Haley's son received into Catholic Church

the son of nikki haley, the us politician who at one stage was viewed as a serious rival to donald trump for the republican nomination in 20...
The Catholic Herald

New Carlo Acutis documentary offers young people a ‘radically different vision’ ahead of teen’s canonisation

a new movie about carlo acutis has been released just ahead of him becoming a new italian saint. the vatican is preparing to canonise acutis...
Charles Collins

Blooms of hope: Dutch Easter tradition at the Vatican lives on

once again st. peter’s square will be bedecked in dutch flowers this holy week thanks to a long-standing tradition between the city state an...
Luuk van den Einden

UK Christian leaders mark anniversary of Nicaea as 'breath of hope' for Church

leicester, united kingdom – british christian leaders, including cardinal vincent nichols, marked the 1700th anniversary of the council of n...
Charles Collins

Cardinal Becciu alleges new evidence proves misconduct in Vatican ‘trial of the century’

rome – the vatican’s “trial of the century”, which ended in december 2023 with guilty verdicts against italian cardinal angelo becciu and ei...
John L Allen