Vatican News

Biden cancels audience with Pope due to out-of-control LA wildfires

president joe biden has canceled his forthcoming trip to italy that included an audience with pope francis. the decision to cancel what woul...
The Catholic Herald

Embattled French bishop of Fréjus-Toulon resigns at Pope's request

the bishop of the diocese of fréjus-toulon in southern france has resigned at the request of pope francis. bishop dominique rey, who resigne...
Thomas Edwards

The need for a Catholic medical school in Britain is greater than ever

st mary’s university, twickenham, recently celebrated the 175th anniversary of its foundation in 1850. in our first century or so, which inc...
ProfAnthonyMcClaran

Whatever happened to the papal tiara?

the triple crown – that oversized, turban-shaped, jewel-encrusted, gold-and-silver helmet – traditionally epitomised the pope’s power as god...
Miles Pattenden

2024 in review: Vatican controversies missed by the mainstream press

rome – at year’s end, it’s standard journalistic practice to look back at the most important stories of the past 12 months. since plenty of ...
John L Allen

Lord Mayor of Westminster receives Papal honour

the lord mayor of westminster is to become a papal knight – the highest single honour that can be bestowed on a lay catholic by the vatican....
The Catholic Herald

A Christmastide Requiem for my Great Uncle Bulgaria

jonathan roberts was known as “the knight of the stihl”, after his beloved german tractor mower that he spent hours on mowing the grass of o...
William Cash

What are we to make of Trump's choice of a 'pope critic' as ambassador to the Holy See?

rome – famously, von clausewitz defined war as “the continuation of politics by other means”. to hear some people tell it, president-elect d...
John L Allen

Cardinal tries to ban girls from being altar servers

sri lankan cardinal malcolm ranjith of colombo has tried to ban girls from serving as altar servers in his archdiocese, on the grounds that ...
Elise Allen

The SSPX's bishop problem

on june 30, 1988, archbishop marcel lefebvre, without vatican authorisation, consecrated four priests to the episcopate: bernard fellay, ber...
Thomas Edwards