by Sean Reilly | Feb 19, 2008
As Cubans inside and outside the country absorbed the news that communist leader Fidel Castro had stepped down, Foreign Minister Felipe Pérez Roque prepared to welcome Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the Vatican secretary of state, who visits the country from 20 to 26...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 15, 2008
Archbishop Celestino Migliore, the Vatican’s permanent observer to the United Nations in New York, has spoken up for employment and workers’ rights at a gathering on social and economic development from 6-15 February 2008. In his English-language talk, the...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 12, 2008
The Vatican daily newspaper L’Osservatore Romano, long seen as required reading for those wanting to know the standpoint of the Holy See, but also known for an austere black and white layout, is appearing in colour for the first time – writes Luigi Sandri....
by Sean Reilly | Dec 12, 2007
A senior leader of the Russian Orthodox Church has met with Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican, a visit seen as adding credence to reports of a thaw in relations between the Moscow Patriarchate and the Roman Catholic Church – writes Luigi Sandri. An announcement...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 9, 2007
A senior Vatican official has said the Roman Catholic Church welcomes a new Global Christian Forum intended to bring together the diverse strands of Christianity as never before – writes Fredrick Nzwili in Nairobi. “When Christians are divided, the...
