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June 28, 2022

Pope Francis may try to influence the electorate in the conclave, but no one can predict who will succeed him It is a paradox of papal history that each pope can create as many cardinals as he likes, and yet no pope has ever been able to use that power to choose his own successor.

Pope resignation rumours grow as Africa trip cancelled

June 21, 2022

Rumours are mounting that Pope Francis is on the verge of resigning. Debate about the Pontiff’s poor health have persisted for some time, with the Holy Father recently seen in a wheelchair. Now the Pope has postponed a trip to Africa – amid fresh attacks against Nigerian Catholics – sending the rumour mill into overdrive.

Downplaying drama and praising the ineffectual

September 02, 2021

Pope Francis puts a cheery gloss on drama in Germany, denies rumours of his stepping down and praises the toothless Child Protection Commission in his interview with COPE's Carlos Herrera

Pope urges Catholics to take the vaccine as an “act of love”

August 20, 2021

Pope Francis has encouraged Catholics to receive a vaccine against coronavirus as an “act of love”. In a video message, the Holy Father joined with the bishops from the Americas to urge the faithful not to hesitate about getting a protective jab. “Thanks to God’s grace and to the work of many, we now have

The Vatican’s trials: Pell’s Redemption

August 04, 2021

Melanie McDonagh on how the Vatican Trial of the century highlights the injustice to Cardinal Pell

Vatican Intervenes in Proposed ‘Anti-Homophobia’ Law in Italy

June 22, 2021

Local media have called the Vatican’s action “unprecedented” in the history of the relationship between the two states.

A cause advances, and dioceses are rearranged

June 21, 2021

The announcement of the resignation of two bishops, also on Saturday, was always likely to go unremarked, if unnoticed. But there are resignations and resignations, and these two were not without interest.

Vatican imposes term limits on leaders of international lay organizations

June 11, 2021

“In the context of its role of supervision, the Dicastery… has identified several reasonable criteria concerning two necessary aspects of good government: regulating the terms of office in governing bodies at the international level, and the representativeness of these bodies.”