Vatican's 10 top stories of 2011 - in under 4 minutes

#8 The Pope's Visit to Africa, where he is greeted by hordes of young people singing and dancing to welcome him. Interesting that the se...

Padre Pio's cured the son of a Vatican ambassador...

Fernando Sanchez is the ambassador of Costa Rica to the Vatican, but his story has nothing to do with his job. He says, his son is alive t...

Surprised this video did not get more attention... Note Pope Benedict laughing

Pope: "secularism has left deep scars in counties"

30 years ago today, John Paul II was shot, and accredited his survival to Our Lady of Fatima

The Holy Father credited Our Lady of Fatima with preventing the bullets from piercing his main abdominal artery. Blessed John Paul II went o...

My Reflections on the Beatification of John Paul II

The election of John Paul II will be remembered as perhaps one of the biggest bombshells of the 1970s – a pope who had rock-star magnetism,...

The Vatican opening its doors to bloggers

I will follow with some reflections and an account of my time there - when time allows...

Largest picture ever of JPII adorns St Peter's Square

Hat-tip to The Catholic Herald website where I spotted this video.

We will hear the nun who was cured through the intercession of JPII speak at the beatification

'Jesus of Nazareth King of the Jews': Written on the 'Titulus Crucis'

The white smoke and his first words: Sixth anniversary of Benedict XVI's election

I had goosepimples watching the footage of John Paul II - I'll be in Rome for his beatification. Twitch-of-the-mantilla to The Catholic ...

The person who got sidelined on St Patrick’s Day?

My tiny efforts to celebrate the feast included; wearing a green velvet dress, and matching green suede shoes with cream-coloured floral la...