Interviews with important members of the Church and Vatican state.
Pope Francis answers questions from journalists aboard his flight from Manila, Philippines, to Rome. During his flight back from the Philippines, Pope Francis gave a wide-ranging interview on gestures of love he saw, on the scandal of Church worldliness, on Ebola, and on his future plans... Speaking to journalists aboard the Monday, January 19, [...]
Father Bernard Ardura. Interview with Father Bernard Ardura on the events in France and the question of freedom and its limits... Born in Bordeaux, France, 66 years ago, Father Bernard Ardura has been head of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences since late 2009. As Committee Head, he has recently been concerned with such [...]
Cardinal Jose Saraiva Martins in the first row during the ceremony, quite near Pope Emeritus Benedict. In a wide-ranging interview, Portuguese Cardinal José Saraiva Martins, retired Prefect of the Congregation for Saints, talks about the relationship of the two Popes, the Synod, and Europe... Meeting with Portuguese Cardinal José Saraiva Martins, and having a [...]
Interview with the Apostolic Nuncio Bernard Auza, new Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations in New York. Born in the Philippines, in Talibon, fifty-five-year-old Archbishop Bernard Auza was sent in 1985 to Rome, where he attended the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy (the Vatican’s diplomatic school). He has degrees in theology and canon law. [...]
Wlodzimierz Redzioch speaks with Mons. Javier Echevarría, prelate of Opus Dei, about the beatification of St. Josemaría Escrivá’s first successor. Echevarria in 1978 between del Portillo and John Paul II (notice a young Fr. Stanislaw Dziwisz in the background on the left). Many people remember the date of July 5, 2013: that was the [...]
Walking the streets of Rome and visiting its palaces, one is continually reminded of sacred art’s glorious past. From Caravaggio’s moving depictions of conversion and calling, to Bernini’s magnificent columns and his sculpture of St. Teresa in Ecstasy, to Michelangelo’s masterful portrayal of the Last Judgment, pilgrims are beckoned by some of history’s greatest artists to [...]
The family and its position in changing times such as ours will be at the center of the upcoming Extraordinary Synod of Bishops, to be held in the Vatican from October 5 through 19, at the specific and strongly-felt request of Pope Francis. Approximately 180 people will attend, mostly representatives of Bishops’ Conferences from around the [...]
Italian Senator Marcello Pera with then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger. Though not a Christian believer, Pera agreed with Ratzinger that Europe needs to rediscover its Christian soul or risk losing all. Who is Marcello Pera? A seventy-one-year-old Italian philosopher and politician, known for his friendship with Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, which began during Pera’s years as president [...]
As Pope Francis passed the end of the first year of his pontificate on March 13, at least six books and four television series and films about him appeared. What has changed with the arrival of this “Pope from afar”? And in what areas has he made the greatest impact? Lucio Brunelli, the Italian state television [...]
Professor Guzman Carriquiry Lecour has served the Holy See for 43 years. He recently celebrated his 70th birthday (April 20, congratulations!). He is currently secretary of the Holy See’s Pontifical Commission for Latin America — the first layperson to serve in that role (since May 2011), just as he was the first ever layperson to be [...]
