Cardinal Pietro Parolin Archives

Cardinal Pietro Parolin

Cardinal Parolin backs Pope over Ukraine and negotiation, citing ‘real’ risks of nuclear escalation

March 13, 2024

ROME – Vatican Secretary of State Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin has defended Pope Francis’s recent remarks suggesting that Ukraine step back and consider opening negotiations to end its ongoing war with Russia. The Pope’s comments received a significant amount of backlash, especially his comment about “the courage of the white flag”. Speaking to Italian journalist

Vatican warns German bishops of ‘legal consequences’ over disputed ‘Synodal Committee’

February 19, 2024

ROME – As the German bishops meet this week to advance their national reform process, the Vatican has threatened canonical action if they refuse to comply with an order to halt a vote on the statutes of a controversial new committee that had previously been disapproved. As part of their current Feb. 19-22 general assembly

Notebook from Lourdes: the role of Catholic journalists today

January 30, 2023

Three days were set aside for the 26th meeting of Catholic journalists – the Catholic Media Federation’s International Day of Saint Francis de Sales, named after the patron of journalists whose feast it is on January 24. The event was organised to run from Wednesday 25 through to Friday 27 January. Gad Elmaleh, the famous Jewish

Vatican Abuse and Coverup Trial: Officials’ Testimony Casts Doubt on Key Witness

April 15, 2021

The priests who testified on Wednesday are Frs. Angelo Magistrelli, Enzo Pacelli, and Luigi Portarulo. They all appeared to cast doubt on the testimony of a key witness: former Saint Pius X seminarian Kamil Jarzembowski, whose claims regarding the climate and culture of the institution have contributed to public scrutiny and been a focal point of the criminal proceedings.