Vatican News

Who comes next? It's not inappropriate to speculate on Pope Francis's successor

rome – whenever popes begin to age or fall sick, two developments are as inevitable as the rising and the setting of the sun. first, some pe...

US Bishops and Jews co-release booklet on anti-Semitic terms and tropes

the us bishops’ conference and american jewish committee have published a new version of the latter’s glossary of antisemitic rhetoric that ...

Pope wants Rome to host young pilgrims ‘from every part of the earth’ for Jubilee

pope francis has written a letter to families, parishes and religious communities in the diocese of rome urging them to host young pilgrims ...

Vatican Nativity scene with Christ child on Palestinian keffiyeh removed

a nativity scene displayed at the vatican that depicted the infant jesus resting upon a palestinian keffiyeh has now been removed after caus...

Another English cardinal: the view from outside St Peter's Basilica

melanie mcdonagh gives a personal view of the elevation of timothy radcliffe op rome – it is, of course, a great honour to be invited to att...

Melanie McDonagh

You can blame Aristotle: a new play and an old love for the theatre

aristotle firmly believed that tragedy in theatre should inspire pity and terror – and who am i to contradict him? one of my plays was perfo...

Return of The Donald: blessing or curse for US-Vatican relations?

one consequence of information overload in a digital age is an epidemic of “presentism”, meaning the assumption that everything is happening...

Prosecutor confirms existence of dossier in Vatican equivalent of Kennedy assassination

a dossier on the infamous case of the disappearance of a teenage girl that was claimed to exist by her brother but denied by the vatican has...

Archbishop admits to ‘a bit of fear’ at becoming cardinal at 99 years old

a priest for 74 years and an archbishop for half a century, archbishop angelo acerbi will become the oldest member of the college of cardina...

US bishops aren't just 'anti-Trump' - it's more nuanced when it comes to immigration

rome – shortly after donald trump was elected anew to the presidency in part due to strong support from catholics, the u.s. bishops put the ...