Articles from Inside The Vatican Magazine.
By Robert Wiesner "I Believe in One God, the Father, the Almighty, Maker of Heaven and Earth, of All that Is Seen and Unseen..." Mosaic, detail from The Cycle of Creation, Monreale, New Cathedral of St. Mary, Italy There are a number of intellectual and philosophical proofs for the existence of God; all of [...]
The Church Gives; Can the Church Take Away? By John Byron Kuhner Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley of Boston and other U.S. bishops concelebrate Mass in the crypt of St. Peter's Basilica on Nov. 7, 2019. The bishops were making their ad limina visits to the Vatican to report on the status of their dioceses to [...]
Possible behind-the-scenes negotiators for Ukraine-Russia peace talks By Robert Moynihan August 24, 2022, Vatican City. Pope Francis leads the general audience at Paul VI Audience Hall. Present is Ukraine’s Ambassador to the Holy See Andrii Yurash (photo Grzegorz Galazka). On December 8, Pope Francis shed tears publicly over the tragedy of the war in [...]
The Jesuit Pope has handpicked an unprecedented number of his confrères for influential positions. In what direction are they leading the Church? By Sandro Magister (Settimo Cielo) On January 11, 2016, at the Vatican, Pope Francis led a group of cardinals into the Sala Regia to receive the representatives of the Diplomatic Corps accredited to [...]
By Lucy Gordan Tempesta’s Capture of Jerusalem in “Painting with Stone/Landscape and Architecture” (photo credit: Galleria Borghese) May 6, 1527 was a tragic day in the history of Rome. Angry at not having been paid, some 34,000 mercenaries of Charles V, the Holy Roman Emperor, many of whom were German followers of Luther known [...]
Jesus heals on the Sabbath — shaking the foundations of earth and heaven By Anthony Esolen The Healing of the Paralytic by Tintoretto, Church of San Rocco, Venice The Jews persecuted Jesus, says John, after He healed the crippled man at the pool, because He had done so on the Sabbath (John 5:17). We [...]
Some Ukrainian Orthodox fear new government persecution By Peter Anderson From left to right: Ukrainian leaders pray together: Metropolitan Onufriy, President Volodymyr Zelensky and his wife Olene, and Metropolitan Epifaniy joined a solemn “Prayer for Ukraine” event on the morning of August 24 in Kiev on Independence Day On December 1, the National Security [...]
A document on Church music not to be forgotten By Aurelio Porfiri The Concert of the Angels by Gaudenzio Ferrari, now in Santa Maria dei Miracoli, Milan, Italy. St. Pius X, Pope from 1903 to 1914. On November 22, 2023, a year from now, a document of enormous importance should be remembered, [...]
Medicine is losing its bearings. The Church's social teaching and the Hippocratic tradition can restore it By William G. White, M.D. Donors visiting a hospital in 1440 in Tuscany, Italy. The image is a part of a larger painting, La cura e il governo degli infermi, by Domenico di Bartolo, Santa Maria della Scala di [...]
Is the much-criticized China-Vatican deal now openly faltering? By Cindy Wooden (CNA) In an unusual move, the Vatican in November issued a public statement of regret, essentially accusing the Chinese government of violating its agreement with the Vatican over the appointment of Catholic bishops. “The Holy See noted with surprise and regret the news of the [...]
