Christopher White

NCR's Vatican correspondent Christopher White analyzes how the Vatican's communication and public relations apparatus handles news of Pope Francis' health.

Pope Francis on June 7 successfully underwent a three-hour intestinal surgery that the Vatican described as taking place without complications.

Pope Francis on June 7 was hospitalized at Rome's Gemelli hospital, where he is scheduled to have surgery on his intestine later today and is expected to remain for a recovery of several days

Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, Pope Francis' personal emissary tapped to lead the Vatican's peacemaking efforts between Ukraine and Russia, will be in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv from June 5-6.

Pope Francis thinks in images, said Portuguese Cardinal José Tolentino de Mendonça, head of Vatican's Dicastery for Culture and Education, at a conference on "The Global Aesthetics of the Catholic Imagination" in Rome.

Pope Francis on May 26 named Bishop Jorge Ignacio García Cuerva — a relatively unknown 55-year-old prelate from a tiny diocese at the bottom of Argentina — to lead his hometown of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Pope Francis used his 2023 World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation message to call for an end to "the fossil fuel era," saying it is "madness to permit continued exploration and expansion of fossil fuel infrastructure."

View from the Vatican: The Sant'Egidio community has been instrumental in high-profile peacemaking efforts. Now its ties to the Russian Orthodox Church may assist Cardinal Matteo Zuppi as he heads to Kyiv and Moscow.

"Social Friendship: Meeting in the Garden," the Holy See's exhibit at the 18th International Architecture Biennale opened May 20 and will run through Nov. 26. The exhibit highlights themes of Pope Francis' 2015 encyclical, Laudato Si'.

The Vatican's China deal "isn't worth the paper that it's drafted on," says a pro-democracy activist in Rome for meetings with Vatican and U.S. officials.

Rod Dreher is a notorious critic of Pope Francis. Yet prior to Francis' April visit to Dreher's newly adopted home of Budapest, Dreher declared his visit as "heroic." NCR spoke to Dreher amid Francis' visit to Hungary.

Pope Francis met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the Vatican on May 13.

When Pope Francis fired top leadership of Caritas Internationalis last year, the Vatican was blunt, saying "real deficiencies were noted in management." Now the organization is electing new leadership.

British seminarians studying for the priesthood in Rome will be joining in prayer and celebration for their new king.

As the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors meets this week in Rome, critics are raising concerns about the group's leadership and independence, reports Vatican correspondent Christopher White.

During a press conference aboard the papal plane, Pope Francis said he is working behind the scenes in Hungary to bring peace to Ukraine.

Pope Francis wrapped up a three-day visit to Budapest by issuing a final plea for peace in Ukraine and appealing to the often-isolated Hungarian nation not to close its doors to those in need. 

Pope Francis began his second day in Hungary by thanking the country's Catholics for welcoming new arrivals from Ukraine, while reminding them that the Christian commitment of charity must also extend to non-believers.

Pope Francis on April 28 launched his closely watched three-day trip to Hungary by telling the country's staunchly anti-immigrant political leaders that if the country wants to remain true to its Christian roots, it must be willing to accept migrants and refugees.

When Pope Francis arrives in Budapest tomorrow, church and political leaders around the world will be watching his meeting with Hungary's controversial prime minister.