Interviews with important members of the Church and Vatican state.
“Our societies need celibacy, because they need God.” — Cardinal Robert Sarah, co-author with Pope Emeritus Benedict of a new book from Ignatius Press, From the Depths of Our Hearts By Christina Deardurff Declining to remain silent in the face of criticism of the newly-published book From the Depths of Our Hearts, co-authored by Cardinal Robert [...]
Young knights of the Holy Sepulchre In a 2019 interview, Holy See Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin reflected on the 700-year-old Order of the Holy Sepulchre By François Vayne (La stampa) Your Eminence, what does the Order of the Holy Sepulchre represent to you and what is its place in the universal Church? [...]
Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco talks about true inculturation, priestly celibacy and re-evangelizing the culture: the second of a two-part interview (part one can be viewed here) By Jan Bentz for Inside the Vatican Would you say that evangelization and inculturation go hand in hand? Can they be in conflict? Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone: A proper [...]
"We can say that he is a great storyteller. He knows well that when people are thristy they don't want H2O but water." (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano via EPA) Monsignor Viganò, from January 22, 2013 to December 21, 2015, you were the director of the “Pope’s Television Network,” the CTV (“Centro Televisivo Vaticano”). And [...]
Pope Benedict XVI (photo Galazka) An unexpected and thought-provoking interview with Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI A new book containing an extensive interview with Pope Emeritus Benedict has been published in Italy, entitled Through Faith: Doctrine of Justification and Experience of God in the Preaching of the Church and the Spiritual Exercises, by Jesuit [...]
An interview of Bishop Athanasius Schneider about the SSPX, women and footwashing, the consecration of Russia, anti-pastoral bishops, and more We do not endorse unreservedly every statement of Bishop Athanasius Schneider, auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Mary Most Holy in Astana, Kazakhstan. However, Schneider’s voice has become an influential one in the Church, especially in [...]
German officers who had become prisoners of war Did the Vatican actually help Nazi criminals “on the run” at the end of the Second World War? An Italian scholar points to another “protector” Among the accusations directly or indirectly targeting Pius XII and the Church of his time, is the one that he and [...]
A concert offered by the Courtial Foundation at the Church of St. Ignatius in Rome Hans Albert Courtial, president of the International Foundation of Sacred Music and Art. He came from Germany to Rome, and never left... We are looking down upon the statues that encircle St. Peter’s colonnade. To our left we [...]
Pope Francis took questions from journalists with him on the papal plane on Sunday night, September 27, flying from Philadelphia back to Rome after his historic trip to the United States and Cuba Pope Francis speaks to journalists aboard the papal plane Pope Francis is back in the Vatican after his tenth apostolic [...]
The group Una Voce and the Summorum Pontificum International Coordinating Committee are joining forces for their fourth “Traditional Pilgrimage To Rome.” An interview with the pilgrimage coordinator, Guillame Ferluc (in the photo) The international pilgrimage Summorum Pontificum, which first took place in 2012, is now an annual event. The pilgrimage is named after Pope Emeritus Benedict [...]
