Articles from Inside The Vatican Magazine.
The Way of the Logos GREETINGS! In the pages of this special Communiqué, you will find an account of the remarkable things a number of talented and faithful people with the US non-profit, Urbi et Orbi Communications, are accomplishing to bring the message, the presence and the love of Jesus, the Logos (“Word”) of God, [...]
By Robert Moynihan British Cardinal Arthur Roche, 73, the Pope’s head of the Dicastery for Divine Worship since 2021, spoke briefly in a BBC report on Sunday, March 19 on the issue of the Vatican’s limiting of the Traditional Latin Mass (abbreviated as the “TLM”) on July 16, 2021, in Traditionis custodes. The BBC report [...]
A reflection on the Easter Vigil 2023 homily of Pope Francis on April 8. Francis focuses on meeting the Lord in our own personal “Galilee,” the place where we first met him and became his disciples By Robert Moynihan “But the angel said to the women... ‘Go quickly and tell His disciples that He has risen [...]
February Thursday 23 Holy See and the Sultanate of Oman establish diplomatic ties The Holy See and Oman have established full diplomatic relations, leaving only six countries worldwide without any diplomatic connection to the Vatican. The announcement on February 23 did not come as a surprise as, in November during Pope Francis’ trip to Bahrain, there [...]
Amid increasing attacks on Christians by Israeli extremists, Patriarch Pierbattista Pizzaballa, 57, says, "We have something bigger than hate" La Croix International Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa, 57, since November 6, 2020, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem. A Franciscan friar, Pizzaballa has a reputation for personal integrity and simplicity; much of his pastoral work has been with [...]
More than a century ago, Monsignor Robert Hugh Benson foresaw the rise of secular humanism, the contraction of the Catholic Church, and the coming of the Antichrist... By ITV Staff Editor’s Note: The passage below is from the novel Lord of the World, written by the English Catholic convert Monsignor Robert Hugh Benson (the son of [...]
By Lucy Gordan Santa Maria dell’Anima (St. Mary of the Soul), located close to Piazza Navona. In contrast with the austerity of the church’s exterior, its interior is lavishly decorated with brightly colored frescoes, paintings, and sculptures, including Baldassare Peruzzi’s funerary monument for the gloomy Dutch Pope Adrian VI Many countries have national [...]
Clarifying the difference between an imposed "pop" music and a music truly "of the people" and their religious heritage By Maestro Aurelio Porfiri Rome, Basilica of Sant’Ignazio di Loyola in Campo Marzio. XI International Festival of Sacred Music and Art Romano Amerio’s book Iota Unum. A critical study of pre- and post- conciliar [...]
By Mother Martha All his life Joseph Ratzinger was devoted to his close-knit family, theology, music (especially Mozart, Bach, and Beethoven), cats, and food. His close attachment to food, especially sweets. was due to his mother, Maria Peintner. Born in Mülbach in Bavaria, though some sources say in the South Tyrol (today Italy), on January 8th, [...]
By Courtney Mares (CNA) Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, 69, the Vatican’s “foreign minister” as the Secretary for Relations with States since November 2014 Photo-Daniel Ibáñez/CNA The Vatican’s foreign minister has said that the VaticanChina deal was “not the best deal possible” and that negotiations are underway to make the deal “work better.” In a [...]
