Cardinal Parolin on US public execution: Death must not be turned into a spectacle
Speaking on the sidelines of an event in Rome on John Henry Newman, Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin comments on plans to livestream the execution of Nidal Hassan in […]
Archbishop Gallagher in Pakistan: Peace, human dignity at heart of papal diplomacy
Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with States, speaks at a conference in Islamabad marking the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the Holy See and Pakistan, focusing on […]
ANNUAL SAFEGUARDING EVENT
ON: Saturday 14TH NOVEMBER 2026 9.45am – 4.00pm AT: St. Peter-in-Chains, Chequer Road, Doncaster, DN1 2AA Your hosts: Bishop Marcus Stock Catherine Bailey – Chair of Hallam Trustee Safeguarding Sub-Committee […]
Archbishop Costelloe: Proclaiming the Church’s vision of family
On the second full day of the Meeting on the Tenth Anniversary of ‘Amoris laetitia’, Archbishop Tim Costelloe of Perth reflects on his experience of the encounter, and discusses how […]
Amid the challenges of the modern world, Amoris laetitia remains a work in progress
The Vatican holds the first press briefing since the beginning of the ecclesial encounter ‘Ten Years after ‘Amoris laetitia’: proclaiming the Gospel with families today’. Pope Leo XIV called the […]
US Archbishop Coakley: Livestreaming execution promotes a ‘culture of death’
Archbishop Paul Coakley, President of the US Bishops’ Conference, expresses shock over the planned livestreamed execution of Nidal Hassan, warning that a public execution would “further undermine the moral fabric […]
From refugee to university academic director in Rome
Nearly 50 years ago, Darius von Güttner Sporzyński arrived at Italy’s Latina Refugee Camp after fleeing Poland. His journey would take him from the camp to Australia—and, decades later, back […]
Cardinal Tagle elected new Dean of College of Cardinals
Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle—Pro-Prefect of the Section for First Evangelization and New Particular Churches within the Dicastery for Evangelization—succeeds 92-year-old Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, as Dean of the College […]
Holy See: Online hate and religious intolerance are forms of racism
The Holy See’s Permanent Observer to the United Nations addresses the 81st session of the General Assembly on the elimination of racial discrimination and warns against “materialist and nationalist ideologies” […]
The Diocesan Celebration of Married Life at St Marie’s Cathedral was a joyous and deeply moving occasion
I attended with my husband Dave and 16 other couples who were all celebrating significant anniversaries this year, along with our families and friends. The total of years married added up […]
