Vatican News

Vatican cricket team begins ‘Light of Faith’ UK tour

the vatican cricket team has begun its "light of faith" uk tour, playing two matches over the weekend in buckinghamshire. on 28 june, the va...

The Catholic Herald

Vatican issues strict new rules for employees, from tattoos and piercings to cohabitation

employees at st. peter’s basilica may not have visible tattoos or piercings, and theoretically could be suspended if they do, according to n...

The pull of Rome: Once visited, never forgotten – the Eternal City calls again

everyone should miss a flight at least once – as long as the location is congenial, the circumstances understandable and the mitigation reas...

Serenhedd James

German Synodal Way: Vatican demands changes to controversial new Church body

rome – as part of an ongoing tug of war with the german bishops over the country’s controversial reform path, the vatican has asked that sev...

Cardinal Fernández ordains first bishop for British ordinariate

the cardinal in charge of the vatican’s doctrinal department has ordained the first bishop of the personal ordinariate of our lady of walsin...

Ordinations increase in France as country continues to buck secular trends

the number of french priests being ordained in 2024 has exceeded 2023's numbers as france continues to baffle when it comes to secular trend...

Vatican comms chief defends Rupnik art remaining on website

the head of the vatican’s communications department had defended his office’s continued use of art by marko rupnik, who is accused of multip...

Pope pays respects to his late confessor and praises Franciscan order

at the weekend the pope made an unexpected trip across rome to pay his respects to a franciscan priest who died last week and had been the p...

Vatican accuses former US nuncio Archbishop Viganò of schism

rome – a vatican decree leaked to the italian press states that italian archbishop carlo maria viganò, a former nuncio to the united states ...

All doubts are dispelled by a convert’s first enchanted encounter with the Eternal City

as a convert to catholicism, i’d deliberately delayed my inaugural visit to rome. i was aware of the impact such a trip to the “eternal city...