Behind a recent controversial honor for Tehran’s envoy lies a history of back‑channel diplomacy, shared U.N. battles and carefully tended lines to the ayatollahs. The post The Vatican’s Long Game With Iran appeared first on…
Jesuit Father James Martin was a key figure behind the inclusion of two testimonies in the Study Group No. 9 report on homosexuality, released earlier this month by the Vatican’s General Secretariat of the Synod. The post Fr. James…
Bishop Athanasius Schneider has launched a forceful critique of the Vatican’s new report on “emerging doctrinal, pastoral and ethical issues,” saying its treatment of homosexuality advances an “exegesis of doubt” in divine revelation that echoes…
The Catholic Church’s prohibition on the use of contraception is clear and unchanging, yet the tragic demise of the Vatican academy tasked with examining such matters is so great that its president remains unable to say whether he agrees with…
This week the Vatican published the Final Report of the Synod on Synodality’s study group on “controversial doctrinal, pastoral and ethical questions,” prominently featuring two anonymous testimonies from openly homosexual men in “same-sex…
Rather than aiding Christian unity, Rome’s exuberant welcome of Sarah Mullally is likely to be a stumbling block to reaching it. The post The Vatican’s Feting of the First Female Archbishop of Canterbury…
The appointment was keenly anticipated, given that Leo XIV is the first U.S.-born pope. The new nuncio will be expected to help shape relations between the Holy See and the U.S. government, as well as to advise on the appointment of bishops in…
Defense lawyers in the Vatican’s “trial of the century” argued Tuesday that Pope Francis inadvertently violated the fundamental rights of their clients by issuing four secret decrees that gave prosecutors “surreal carte blanche” to investigate…
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