Voices
Gerard O’Connell is America’s Vatican correspondent and author of The Election of Pope Francis: An Inside Story of the Conclave That Changed History. He has been covering the Vatican since 1985.
Dispatches
Pope Francis denounced the stealing and leaking of confidential documents from the Vatican as “a crime” and “a deplorable act that does not help.”
Dispatches
The Vatican Publishing House, Libreria Editrice Vaticana, published the Italian version of that final synod report without the results of the voting on each paragraph, against Pope Francis' directive.
Dispatches
Dr. Francesca Immacolata Chaouqui, involved in Vatileaks 2 with Spanish monsignor Lucio Angel Vallejo Balda, is released from prison.
Dispatches
The Vatican Gendarmerie has arrested a Spanish monsignor working in the Roman Curia and an Italian lay woman for their alleged roles in leaking confidential and reserved information.
Dispatches
The simple and profoundly moving ceremony took place at five o’clock Saturday evening, Oct. 31, in the chapel of Santa Marta.
Synod on the Family
“Pope Francis is a fascinating combination of a man in a hurry and a man who takes his time.”
Signs Of the Times
‘Today is a time of mercy!” This was the parting message Pope Francis gave to the 270 synod fathers from some 120 countries at the closing Mass for the meeting of the Synod of Bishops on the family in St Peter’s Basilica on Oct. 25.He has made this same declaration several times si
Synod on the Family
Asked when the document might appear, Cardinal Parolin responded, “I don’t think it will be long. After all, it’s best to strike while the iron’s hot.”
Synod on the Family
“We are not only a teaching church but we are also a discerning church.”
Dispatches
Pope Francis has again surprised the Italian church by appointing as archbishops of Bologna and Palermo two pastors that have “the smell of the sheep.”