Matteo Matzuzzi

After five years, Monsignor Paul Richard Gallagher returns to Moscow. The Russian side emphasises the good relations, but the Vatican envoy gives the Foreign Minister the cold shoulder: “Let me be clear: this war must end”

Even at Bar Alcamo, people are still discussing Bob Prevost, not to mention those queuing up for a scoop of "Bacio" ice cream. But just like life itself, the Meeting carries on and the events in everyone’s diaries pile up one after the other, delighting the hearts and minds of visitors, keeping the step counter on the Health app happy and calling for an extra bit of holiday time after the fair. 

Almost half a century after John Paul II’s visit, very little is known about what Leo XIV thought regarding the movements and their role in the world and in the Church

From travels to internal reports. Following his holiday in Castel Gandolfo, the Pope is preparing for a busy few months. France, Latin America, "Amoris laetitia" and liturgy. 

In the dramatic solitude of the secularised West, we have deluded ourselves into thinking we can do without it. But the finiteness of life always raises the question of meaning, from which it is impossible to escape. A conversation with Cardinal Robert Sarah

At the June congress of Alternative für Deutschland (AfD), a proposal was put to the vote aimed at replacing Christian holidays with German neo-pagan celebrations, starting with the winter and summer solstices. These would be proper public holidays, with shops, schools and offices closed and celebrations taking place across the country.

The vice-president has his sights set on the White House and does not want to do without the anti-Israelis. Rod Dreher, a conservative intellectual and one of the first to back Vance, says, “We are no longer friends: I don’t think he’s a bad person, but I need to see him take a clear stand against those who hate Jews.”

The Syriac Catholic Archbishop of Homs, Monsignor Jacques Mourad: “We thought we had finally achieved freedom. Instead, we have had to start fighting for it all over again.” The Christian population is at an all-time low: down from two million to three hundred thousand

Interview with the Bishop of Bayonne, Monsignor Marc Aillet: “It is certainly true that words no longer have the same meaning, even amongst some Catholics who are more influenced by the spirit of the world than by the teaching of the Magisterium. For them, human dignity is synonymous with absolute freedom: the freedom to decide on one’s own life and death”

What options does the Pope now have regarding China? This is a serious matter; we’re not in Ecône, after all. At stake are the lives of the faithful and even of the bishops forced to swear allegiance to Xi Jinping