Profiles, interviews and analysis of Vatican insiders, and the people who the Vatican is talking about.
Interview with the first bishop to be consecrated by Pope Leo, Polish Archbishop Miroslaw Wachowski, new papal nuncio to Iraq. He was consecrated on October 26 in Rome By Anna Artymiak On October 26, Pope Leo XIV in St. Peter’s Basilica carried out the episcopal consecration of Miroslaw Stanisław Wachowski, whom Leo [...]
By Matthew Trojacek with Grzegorz Galazka photos Cardinal Tagle Visits Catholic Community in Azerbaijan On October 18, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Holy See’s Dicastery for Evangelization, visited Azerbaijan at the invitation of Bishop Vladimir Fekete and stopped at the construction site of the Saint John Paul II Church in Baku. The plot of [...]
"it cannot be considered the voice of the Synod, much less of the People of God as a whole" By Vatican News Pope Francis spotlighted the role of women in the Church during the Synod on Synodality. “The status quaestionis of historical research and theological investigation, as well as their mutual implications, rules out [...]
Disciples of the Beatitudes The Sermon on the Mount by Carl Bloch, 1890 The year 2025 has been a harrowing one for many around the world. Violence on a grand scale has plagued many nations, and on a smaller scale, many communities, even schools and churches. Yet, we have just celebrated — and continue [...]
By Matthew Trojacek with Grzegorz Galazka Photos Authoress Gives Pope Leo Copy of New Book on Castel Gandolfo Italian Maura Mauro, a secretary by profession, gave Pope Leo a copy of her new book, Castel Gandolfo: Summer Residence of the Popes Over the Centuries on August 15 at the town on Lake Albano where Leo now [...]
A practice inaugurated by Pope John Paul II in 1994, all new bishops attend a week-long training course at the Vatican, covering everything from canon law to crisis management to social media use. By Anna Artymiak Inside the Vatican correspondent Anna Artymiak interviewed one of these “baby bishops,” as they are sometimes called – Bishop Ralph [...]
Two steps to the left...and one to the right? Leo on synodality, women and the so-called "LGBTQ+" issue, and the liturgy Excerpts from Pope Leo XIV's first lengthy interview The cover of the Spanish version of Elise Ann Allen’s book length interview with Pope Leo XIV. The English version is to be released in 2026. [...]
A successful executive retires...and then finds new purpose By Robert Moynihan Cincinnati’s Corryville Catholic School was founded by the Sisters of Notre Dame of Namur in 1877. “The downfall of society stems from a disregard for children. Many parents seek the preservation of their estates, but not the preservation of the souls of those [...]
"Bob" Prevost, native Chicagoan and youngest son of parents of mixed Old-world and New-world descent, knew his vocation from youth By ITV staff Robert Prevost, left, and his brothers John and Louis pose with their mother in this undated photo. (Courtesy John Prevost) Pope Leo, the former Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, Prefect of the [...]
Pakistan’s first sainthood candidate remains a little-known figure Akash Bashir was just 20 years old when he was killed on March 15, 2015, while preventing a suicide bomber from entering a packed Saint John’s Catholic Church during Sunday Mass. Both Bashir and the bomber were killed when the bomb exploded outside the church. Despite Bashir’s heroism [...]
