Analysis

COVID-19 in Europe - The price of being rich

COVID-19 in Europe: The price of being rich

Why does Hagia Sophia still stir up such strong passions after 1,500 years

Explainer: Why does Hagia Sophia still stir such strong passions after 1,500 years?

Online Catholic pilgrimage - How a virtual tour to Lourdes follows a tradition of innovation

Online Catholic pilgrimage: How a virtual tour to Lourdes follows a tradition of innovation

Opinion - Vatican instruction on parish life buries dream of lay-clerical co-responsibility

Opinion: Vatican instruction on parish life buries dream of lay-clerical co-responsibility

The long history of how Jesus came to resemble a white European

The long history of how Jesus came to resemble a white European

What prompted Turkish president Erdogan to reconvert Hagia Sophia into a mosque

Analysis: What prompted Turkish president Erdogan to reconvert Hagia Sophia into a mosque?

Why is Pope Francis keeping quiet on the Hagia Sophia mosque conversion

Updated: Francis speaks out against Hagia Sophia mosque reconversion… Too little, too late?

In the Czech Republic, controversy over a newly re-erected Catholic monument ends in flames

In the Czech Republic, controversy over a newly re-erected Catholic monument ends in flames

Virtues for the coronavirus recovery - what do we mean by 'compassion', 'solidarity' and 'justice'

Virtues for the coronavirus recovery: what do we mean by “compassion”, “solidarity” and “justice”?

Affluence is killing the planet, and 'greening consumption' and 'sustainable growth' are not enough to save it

Affluence is killing the planet, and “greening consumption” and “sustainable growth” are not enough to save it

Catholic coronavirus irresponsibility continues to put lives at risk in Italy, beyond

Catholic coronavirus irresponsibility continues to put lives at risk in Italy, beyond

Coronavirus 'ghost Masses' no excuse for clericalism

Coronavirus “ghost Masses” no excuse for clericalism

Invoking Catholic 'love' and 'fraternity' in France to conquer xenophobia

Opinion/analysis: Is invoking Catholic ‘fraternity’ enough to counter xenophobia?

Orthodox Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens has his hand kissed by a soldier 'protecting' Greece's borders from refugees

Opinion/analysis: Greek Orthodoxy is not open enough to lend a hand to refugees

New 'Francis bishops' at helm of Spanish Episcopal Conference promise to finally bring country, Church up to date

New ‘Francis bishops’ at helm of Spanish Episcopal Conference poised to finally bring country, Church up to date

Pope Francis meets in Bari February 23 with bishops of the Mediterranean

After the Bari ‘synod’… what’s the Church’s vision for the Mediterranean?

Holy controversy over proposal to mention God in Russia's Constitution

Holy controversy over proposal to mention God in Russia’s Constitution… even communists agree?

'Querida Amazonía', the Pope's post-Amazon Synod exhortation

‘Querida Amazonía’: 7 of the Pope’s most powerful political statements, beyond the Church debates

In Amazon Synod exhortation, Pope says 'no' to married priests, women deacons

Amazon Synod exhortation: Vatican editorial director explains ‘no’ (for now?) to married priests, female deacons

Time for a revision of the Catechism

German Bishops’ website promotes revision of “out of date” Catechism, recalls primacy of conscience

Francis, Sarah and Benedict

Benedict and Sarah lose out on celibacy: Francis ready to approve married priests

Pope Francis with close advisor Antonio Spadaro SJ

Close papal advisor explains Francis’ response to fears of US-Iran ‘World War III’

Nuncio in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, Thomas Gullickson

Nuncio in Switzerland sends Church back centuries with “recourse to approved authors” in theology

The infamous 'pope slap'

Francis’ apology for ‘pope slap’ hailed as “immaculate blueprint for saying sorry”

Pope Francis releases a symbolic peace dove

Fraternity, nonviolence, ecological conversion… the keys to Pope Francis’ thought on peace

Pope Francis embraces a man

Welcome and mercy, touchstones of the Pope’s 2019

Dome of the Vatican's St. Peter's Basilica

Theologian says Vatican financial scandals signal “end of pontifical monarchy”

'Sardines' protest in Rome

What does the Vatican think of the anti-Salvini ‘Sardines’?

Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI

Benedict XVI causes German Church civil war with new conservative Catholic journalism foundation

Dome of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican

Vatican official rushes to clear up “distorted” readings of document on divorce, homosexuality… but ambiguity persists