At Vatican trial, Cardinal Becciu returns to testify

ROME — Taking the stand for a second time at his Vatican trial, Cardinal Angelo Becciu spent more than two hours reading a statement in which he claimed accusations of financial impropriety were an attempt to stain his reputation. At the trial May 5, Becciu said he felt “immense pain” when Pope Francis forced him […]

Cardinal reaffirms pope’s willingness to go to Moscow to try to stop war

ROME — Pope Francis’s secretary of state reaffirmed the pope’s offer to go to Moscow personally to try to convince President Vladimir Putin to stop his war on Ukraine but said the Kremlin had yet to respond. Cardinal Pietro Parolin, secretary of state, told reporters late May 4, “There has been an offer from the […]

Vatican Finds Itself on the Outside Looking In at Russia-Ukraine Diplomatic Efforts

Vatican Media Pope Francis, with Cardinal Kurt Koch, prefect of the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity (r), and a translator attend a video call with Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill, at right on the monitor, and Metropolitan Hilarion, March 16. COMMENTARY: Despite intensive efforts, the Holy See finds itself strangely isolated.