What Cardinal Zen’s arrest means for the church in China
On May 11, Cardinal Joseph Zen, the 90-year old pro-democracy prelate of Hong Kong, along with three other advocates for democracy in China, were arrested and questioned on accusations that they were ...
19 Maj 202222min
Fr. James Martin on his interview with Pope Francis
Pope Francis gave a brief and unexpected interview to James Martin, S.J., for Father Martin’s new L.G.B.T.-focused publication, Outreach, a subsidiary of America Media. In the brief interview, the pop...
13 Maj 202217min
Putin’s “holy war” threatens Christian unity
Despite his hopes to declare victory over Ukraine May 9, Russian president Vladimir Putin instead used his speech that day to rehash his complaint that the West and NATO had forced him to send troops ...
12 Maj 202228min
Why the pope wants to visit Russia before Ukraine
In a new interview with the Italian daily newspaper Corriere della Sera, Pope Francis revealed some of the details of his communications with Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill and Hungarian Prime Mini...
5 Maj 202221min
Decoding papal diplomacy with a former ambassador to Russia and the Holy See
Pope Francis will not visit Kyiv as hoped and has suspended his meeting with Patriarch Kirill, the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, planned for July in Jerusalem. In an interview with La Nación,...
28 Apr 202221min
The Vatican’s diplomatic tightrope in Ukraine
Catholics worldwide celebrated Holy Week as the latest Russian offensive began in Ukraine. In this episode of Inside the Vatican, host Colleen Dulle and veteran Vatican correspondent Gerard O’Connell ...
22 Apr 202227min
Pope Francis’ Holy Week plans
Crowds gathered in St. Peter’s Square on April 10 for the Vatican’s first public Palm Sunday Mass in two years, and Pope Francis began the busiest liturgical week of the year while still dealing with ...
14 Apr 202222min
Pope Francis apologizes to Indigenous residential school survivors
Last week, Pope Francis apologized to representatives of the First Nations, Métis and Inuit people for the Catholic Church’s role in Canada’s residential schools that suppressed Indigenous culture and...
7 Apr 202224min
