Interview

Interviews with important members of the Church and Vatican state.

The “heartache” of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI

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, [...]

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Russia’s new ambassador to the Holy See

Ambassador Ivan Soltanovsky: The Holy See is an "independent actor with global outreach and importance" By Victor Gaetan* Ambassador Ivan Soltanovsky presented his credentials to Pope Francis on September 18, 2023 as the third ambassador to the Holy See from the Russian Federation. He also represents Russia to the Sovereign Order [...]

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Pope Francis Celebrates 10 Years With Series of Interviews

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 [...]

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Cardinal Gerhard Müller: “Their goal is the transformation of the Church into a welfare organization”

By Javier Arias (InfoVaticana) German Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller, former Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, gave an interview in September to the Spanish-language website InfoVaticana. In the interview, published on September 23, the cardinal addressed in frank language questions on the recent consistory of cardinals held in Rome at the end [...]

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Called by God

Remembering Gary Cooper: actor, family man, catholic convert By Barbara Middleton* for Inside the Vatican Here, Pope Pius XII greets Gary Cooper, his daughter Maria (next to him) and wife Veronica (far left) during a June 26, 1953 visit to the Vatican while the Coopers were on a European publicity tour for the movie High [...]

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A Unique Solution for the Church in China?

By Priscilla Smith McCaffrey Martin Mosebach, now 70, is an award-winning German Catholic novelist and essayist who has traveled repeatedly in China and has a great love of religious tradition and culture. Author Priscilla Smith McCaffrey asked Mr. Mosebach for his thoughts on the state of the Catholic Church in China. Martin Mosebach: My few and [...]

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A New Book Chronicles the Worldwide Reaction to Traditionis Custodes

From Benedict's Peace to Francis's War looks at the new suppression of liturgical tradition from many perspectives By Christina Deardurff Peter Kwasniewski's new book From Benedict’s Peace to Francis’s War. The book collected reactions to Pope Francis’s July 16, 2021 motu proprio Traditionis Custodes Author, educator, musician and liturgy scholar Peter Kwasniewski, an American, [...]

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“God’s Grace Works In Ways Unknown To Us”

An interview with Nigerian Cardinal Francis Arinze, 88, former Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments By Barbara Middleton for Inside the Vatican Nigerian Cardinal Francis Arinze, 88. He has lived and worked in Rome for decades Cardinal Francis Arinze, who was born in 1932 in Eziowelle, Nigeria, [...]

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