Articles
Should Pope Pius XII Become a Saint?
Pope Benedict XVI's mostly warm but sometimes chilly relationship with the worldwide Jewish community may have just hit a major ice patch. On Thursday, Benedict...
Loose Lips Sink Fellowships
Any hopes that the Vatican might open its long-secret archives to those researching Pope Pius XII's role in World War II and the Holocaust vanished last...
Silence And Sainthood
The possible canonization of POPE PIUS XII, which the Vatican has been investigating for over 25 years, is drawing fire from a Jewish leader. Rabbi Marvin Hier,...
THE VATICAN: Sheep Kill Sheep
One of the saddest hearts in all of Europe last week was that of Pope Pius XII. He had been hailed at his election as a shrewd diplomat who would be an...
Religion: Tang's Task
A Chinese Catholic go-between Of the eight Vatican-appointed bishops in mainland China, five are under house arrest and the fate of two others is unknown. That...
Photo Essays
LIFE at the Vatican: Digging Through History Beneath St. Peter’s
The walled, pint-sized city-state known as the Vatican physically takes up around 100 acres in the center of Rome, but occupies a vast, measureless space in the...
