Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández, the Vatican’s doctrine chief, announced today that “based on the analysis so far…there is still no room for a positive decision” on ordaining women deacons.
Colleen Dulle
Colleen Dulle is the Vatican Correspondent at America and co-hosts the "Inside the Vatican" podcast. She is the author of Struck Down, Not Destroyed: Keeping the Faith as a Vatican Reporter (Image, 2025).
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Ecclesiastes tells us that we will never understand
A Reflection for the Memorial of St. Vincent de Paul, by Colleen Dulle
Posted inFaith, Scripture Reflections
In a world obsessed with violence, Christ’s message of peace is necessary
A Reflection for the Memorial of the Passion of St. John the Baptist, by Colleen Dulle
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‘A court with many lords and few ladies’: Mary Ann Glendon on her experiences of sexism in the Vatican
‘In the Courts of Three Popes’ gives us Mary Ann Glendon’s journey from Vatican outsider to insider and provides a captivating frame for her examination of the Vatican’s intertwined grandeur and dysfunction.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Report: The long, strange journey of Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò
Colleen Dulle reports on Archbishop Vigano’s trajectory from Vatican civil servant to excommunicant.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
The Jesuit roots of the synod’s ‘conversations in the spirit’
The method has deep roots in a form of communal discernment that was developed in Canada after the Second Vatican Council.
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Martha, Mary and Lazarus remind us: Deep faith can be complicated.
A Reflection for the Memorial of Saints Martha, Mary, and Lazarus, by Colleen Dulle
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Pope Francis’ top abuse advisor asks Vatican to stop using disgraced former Jesuit Marko Rupnik’s art
Cardinal Seàn O’Malley, head of the pope’s abuse commission, has written a letter to the Roman Curia urging them to stop using the artwork of the disgraced former Jesuit priest and alleged abuser Marko Rupnik.
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The changing face of seminary formation: Group therapy, digital detoxing and more listening
The ultimate goal is to prepare the men to be able to build strong and healthy relationships with their parishioners.
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‘I think you’re wrong’: Vatican official defends continued use of Marko Rupnik’s art
The head of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Communication has defended his department’s use of expelled Jesuit priest Marko Rupnik’s artwork in its official materials.