Major stories that get to the pith of the situation.
The Chinese government is stepping up aggression against religion; is the 2018 Vatican-China deal still working? By Christina Deardurff A number of Christian churches in Lu’an were left without crosses (photo from the BITTER WINTER website). Top, the buildings with crosses; second row, after the crosses were removed. Archbishop Claudio Maria Celli [...]
A picture of Kennedy and the logo of the group he heads, the Children's Health Defense group By Stefanie Stark, special correspondent for Inside the Vatican. As a family that supports freedom from government force and open debate, how can we condone government violence, censorship, and compulsory medical procedures which the Nuremberg Charter and numerous [...]
The “Appeal for the Church and for the World” declares: “Public health must not become an alibi for infringing on the rights of millions.” A cry of alarm has been launched By Robert Moynihan The text of this cry, entitled “Appeal for the Church and for the World,” follows. It is dated May 8, 2020, Feast [...]
Conviction Overturned: Australian Cardinal George Pell has been released from prison after his conviction on charges that he abused two boys was overturned by Australia’s highest court. Pell here relaxes on the grounds of the Seminary of the Good Shepherd in Sydney April 9, 2020. (CNS photo/courtesy Archdiocese of Sydney) After 409 Days [...]
Photos Left to Right: Cardinal Re, Cardinal Zen, Archbishop Vigano Conflict Abounds at the Highest Levels of the Church. Chinese Cardinal Zen Calls It a “Brutal Accord” That Pope Benedict Refused to Sign; Cardinal Re Denies This. Exiled Archbishop Viganò, Meanwhile, Defends Zen Against His Attackers [...]
The Amazonian Peoples "Have a Right To Hear the Gospel," he says — and Lays Out His Vision for How By Christina Deardurff with Reporting by Vatican News Pilgrims travel on boats as they accompany the statue of Our Lady of Nazareth during an annual river procession and pilgrimage along the Apeu River to a [...]
The fraternal embrace between two Popes, Pope Francis on the left and Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI on the right. Former Prefect of the Congregation for the doctrine of the Faith, German Cardinal Gerhard Müller, has written an essay in which he defends the participation of Pope emeritus Benedict in the current debate over [...]
Top Ten from 2019 We bring you in the January issue of Inside the Vatican the incredible story of a beautiful Russian opera soprano, Svetlana Kasyan. (To obtain a copy of the print edition, call our US office at 1-800-789-9494). We have come to know Svetlana personally since she sang at a Concert for Peace in [...]
Pope Francis gives the homily as he celebrates a Mass marking the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican December 12, 2019. In attendance were U.S. bishops from Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin making their "ad limina" visits to the Vatican. In the circle, Viganò. (CNS photos/Paul Haring) Archbishop [...]
Pope Francis greets emeritus Pope Benedict XVI during an encounter for the elderly in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican September 28 (CNS photo/Paul Haring) A Response to Archbishop Georg Gänswein’s Recent Remarks on Benedict and Francis On May 20, during the presentation of a new book on Pope Emeritus Benedict and his [...]
