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This Week In Vatican City
Page 2 from 13th October 1978A Vatican diary from Norman St John Shwas I am up at six in the morning, not my finest hour and off to Heathrow to catch a British Airways flight......

The 'awful' Mr. Montano
Page 6 from 24th December 1971Donal Giltinan appraises a book which purports to lay bare the greed and corruption of the Catholic Church and the Vatican t lL Donal GiltInan......

Pope Names Five New Cardinals
Page 4 from 2nd February 2001Bruce Johnston on some intriguing additions to the college of cardinals THE GERMAN BISHOP who suggested the Pope could retire was unexpectedly......

Pope Benedict’s Brief, But Significant First Encounter...
Page 3 from 29th April 2005Meeting with journalists BY PETER JENNINGS T HE C ATHOLIC Church and in particular the Vatican has captured the attention of the world’s media......

Koreans Mourn Their First Cardinal
Page 4 from 20th February 2009BY CAROL GLATZ KOREA ’ S FIRST cardinal, an outspoken defender of human rights, has died in Seoul at the age of 86. At the time of his death on......

Exit The Enforcer, Enter The Pope
Page 15 from 26th August 2005A s Pope John Paul II lay dying he offered “his sufferings so that God’s plan will be realised and his word spread among peoples”. Since his death......

Hardly The Front Door But At Least It's Promotion
Page 10 from 13th November 1981WHEN THE POPE comes to Britain in May a great many unusual .strains will be placed on the organising abilities of the hierarchy and those who work......

Pope Should Not Cling To Life, Says Catholic Writer
Page 5 from 4th March 2005John Paul II World reaction T HE papal health crisis has prompted further debate about the future of the papacy, with leading Catholic......

A Message From The Queen
Page 10 from 31st October 1958A MONG the many messages from heads of state and from prelates all over the world .were telegrams from Her Majesty the Queen and from Archbishop......

The Most Historic Choir In The World
Page 4 from 2nd January 1959SISTINE CHOIR By Gerard Bourke T HE Sistine Choir at the Vatican is certainly the most historic in the world. During the recent cere monies,......