Morale at the Secretariat for Communications is at an all time low
Many staff believe much-needed reforms will simply not happen
Why didn’t Pope Francis just get rid of the ‘lettergate’ communications chief?
The Pope asked Mgr Viganò to stay on as an ‘assessor’. What does this mean?
How the Vatican’s old guard clings to power
There’s a significant turnover of lay staff, but career clerics stay in position
Five years after his election, this year is make-or-break for Pope Francis
This could be his last chance for proper reforms to the Curia
Cardinal Sarah: the Vatican’s great survivor
Papal allies constantly urge Pope Francis to remove the cardinal. But he has good reasons not to
What happened to Italy’s Catholic vote?
Voters were divided and Catholic lists did worse than expected
How US cardinals faced a donor uprising at the Papal Foundation
Why did a request from Pope Francis throw a respected American Catholic charity into crisis?
What does the Vatican’s new document ‘Placuit Deo’ mean for the Church?
The document is an ‘explainer’ that takes down heresies
Five years on: a Vatican reporter remembers Benedict XVI’s resignation
Pope Benedict’s decision shocked the world. But was it the right thing to do?
The Bishop Barros crisis: how bad is it?
At this point, there are only four possible explanations for what happened to a crucial letter
