Catholic Exchange

“From the Depths of My Heart”: The Pope’s Easter Message

• Archives
• Tuesday, April 14th, 2009
• Inside the Vatican Magazine

Urbi et Orbi (“to the City [of Rome] and to the World”) was a standard opening of Roman proclamations. The term is now used to denote a papal address and Apostolic Blessing that is addressed to the City of Rome… Read More

Memories of John Paul

• Archives
• Friday, April 3rd, 2009
• Inside the Vatican Magazine

by Wlodzimierz Redzioch

Four years ago today, on April 2, 2005, Pope John Paul II died after 26 and a half years as Pope — one of the longest and most event-filled pontificates in the history of the Church.
At… Read More

Latest in the War Against Pope Pius XII

• Archives
• Wednesday, March 25th, 2009
• Inside the Vatican Magazine

New evidence is emerging in the bitter controversy over the alleged “silence” of Pope Pius XII, the Pope from 1939 to 1958 (photo) during the Nazi persecution of the Jews (1933-1945). The evidence was examined two weeks ago (March 8… Read More

“The Faith Is in Danger of Dying Out” — The Pope Writes a Letter

• Archives
• Saturday, March 14th, 2009
• Inside the Vatican Magazine

Today, we [provide] you the text of a very unusual letter — unprecedented really — by Pope Benedict XVI, which he signed on March 10 and which the Vatican released, March 12.
The letter is remarkable. Entitled Letter of His… Read More

End of a Schism?

• Archives
• Wednesday, March 11th, 2009
• Inside the Vatican Magazine

by Wlodzimierz Redzioch
The Pope’s reasons for "un-excommunicating" the four bishops of the Society of St. Pius X on January 24 have not been properly understood. This is in part due to the uproar which accompanied the revelation of the… Read More

The Legion in Crisis

• Archives
• Saturday, February 14th, 2009
• Inside the Vatican Magazine

What will happen now to the Legionaries of Christ? That is the question in Rome following the news in early February that the Legion’s founder, Father Marcial Maciel Degollado had lived a “double life” for many years, keeping a mistress,… Read More

Interview with Outgoing Ambassador to the Vatican Mary Ann Glendon

• Archives
• Friday, January 30th, 2009
• Inside the Vatican Magazine

By Albert Carosa
Ambassador Glendon, your one year mandate as US Ambassador to the Holy See just expired and you have just returned to your home in the United States. What are your feelings now? A bit saddened?
Ambassador Mary… Read More

Excommunications Lifted for Society of St Pius X Bishops

• Archives
• Sunday, January 25th, 2009
• Inside the Vatican Magazine

By Andrew Rabel
Extraordinary news came on the afternoon of January 24, with the removal of the excommunications of four bishops from the Society of St. Pius X. In a document signed by the Prefect of the Congregation of Bishops… Read More

Rome Looks at the Meltdown

• Archives
• Saturday, January 3rd, 2009
• Inside the Vatican Magazine

The world financial system is in crisis. The entire financial architecture underlying “modernity” seems to be tottering on the edge of an abyss. What does the Vatican think about the situation? We asked Angelo Caloia, the man in charge of… Read More

Archbishop Raymond Burke Talks to Inside the Vatican on the Eve of the Election

• Archives
• Monday, November 3rd, 2008
• Inside the Vatican Magazine

On the eve of the presidential election November 4, Archbishop Raymond Burke, in the Vatican has given an exclusive interview to Andrew Rabel, Australian Inside the Vatican Correspondent, on these and several other issues.
Burke, 60, retired in June as… Read More