Profiles, interviews and analysis of Vatican insiders, and the people who the Vatican is talking about.
An interview with Fr. Philip Larrey, PhD, on how Catholics are grappling with the AI explosion By ITV staff Rev. Philip Larrey, Ph.D., held the Chair of Logic and Epistemology at the Pontifical Lateran University in the Vatican for more than 20 years. He now teaches at the Lynch School of Education and Human Development at [...]
Every day, he says, a curtain opens on each of the thousands of characters that inhabit St. Peter's Text by Christina Deardurff - Photos by Grzegorz Galazka Although St. Peter’s Basilica is the church most closely associated with the Pope (in his office as Pope, as well as geographically — he lives in its shadow), it [...]
By Matthew Trojacek with G. Galazka photos Murder of priest highlights rising violence in South Africa Father Paul Tatu Mothobi, former Media and Communications Officer of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC), was found shot to death on April 27. According to Father Jeremia Thami Mkhwanazi — the Provincial Secretary of the Congregation of the [...]
What the Church must bring to today's life-and-death debates, as the basic criteria for an ethical evaluation are being lost... By ITV staff German Fr. Ralph Weimann is a theologian and author of several books including Sacramentals: Their Meaning and Spiritual Use and Guide for Truth-seeking Christians, with a preface by Cardinal Robert Sarah. He holds [...]
Pope names biochemist who contributed to COVID vaccine to Pontifical Academy for Life A Nobel-prize winning biochemist and researcher who helped develop the mRNA technology used to create the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines—Katalin Karikó—is one of the newest members of the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy for Life. Pope Francis announced the appointment of Karikó, who lectures [...]
Polish Sr. Salvatrice Musial speaks about the call of Divine Mercy, part two By Barbara Middleton Divine Mercy image is a painting by Adolf Hyla 1943. Here with the wordsPolish “Jesus I Trust in You” appear in copia Jesus' gaze is full of mercy and tenderness Barbara Middleton founded the Holy Trinity Apostolate with [...]
Papal biographer Peter Seewald on Traditiones Custodes, homosexuality and doctrine... By Nico Spuntoni A remarkable new interview concerning the relationship between Pope Benedict XVI, who died December 31, 2022, and Pope Francis appeared December 27, 2023 on the Italian website, La Nuova Bussola Quotidiana (“The New Daily Compass”). In the interview, German writer Peter Seewald, [...]
This year is the 10th anniversary of the election of Pope Francis to the papacy, which occurred on March 13, 2023. In recognition of this anniversary, several news outlets were granted interviews with the Holy Father in the month of March. Francis addressed the questions in his signature style of frankness and informality. The topics covered [...]
BISHOPS’ TEAM REPORTS TO VATICAN ON INDIAN CATHEDRAL DESECRATION A Vatican-appointed team, retired Archbishop Maria Callist Soosa Pakiam of Trivandrum, and retired Bishop Stanley Roman of Quilon, has wrapped up its fact-finding exercise into the alleged “desecration and sacrilege” at a cathedral-basilica in southern India, linked to a decades-old dispute over the mode of celebrating Mass. [...]
Ten Who Shine Catholics who showed us the good and beautiful in 2022 In this issue, we spotlight ten Catholic individuals who “made a difference” in 2022 –– and beyond. Five of them are members of the Catholic clergy, men whose ordination has deepened and broadened a life-long desire to serve Christ and their fellow [...]
