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The danger is that a Pope Parolin’s Chinese allies would increase their grip on the Vatican, whose computers they have already hacked
Damian Thompson
The old Syrian phrase has it, ‘first the Alawites, then the Christians’
Benedict Kiely
Cobblestones glistened; fountains shimmered. There was a nasty chill in the air
Paul Wood
No one in the American church has benefited more from Pope Francis’s vengefulness than Cardinal Robert McElroy
Roman holiday
The big occasion is the Papal Jubilee year of 2025, expected to draw a whopping 32 million visitors
Owen Matthews