Antonio Tarallo

Antonio Tarallo

Articles by Antonio Tarallo

Pope Leo XIV speaks to participants in the Jubilee of Synodal Teams and Participatory Bodies on Oct. 24, 2025, in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican. Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV on the gifts of women and synodality: ‘Women are already better’

Oct 27, 2025 / 11:30 am

Pope Leo XIV drew laughter and applause when he recalled asking his mother in the 1970s whether she wanted equality with men. “No,” she replied, “because we’re already better.”

St. Januarius and the miracle of the liquefaction of his blood contained in a relic. Credit: Louis Finson, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; Photo2023, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Blood of St. Januarius liquifies, offering ‘a voice that still preaches’

Sep 19, 2025 / 11:10 am

“We are delighted to announce that the relic has been found completely liquid,” said Monsignor Vincenzo De Gregorio, abbot of the Treasury Chapel of the Naples Cathedral.

Maximilian Kolbe, 1939. Public Domain.

St. Maximilian Kolbe’s life as a child prepared his path to holiness

Aug 14, 2023 / 15:16 pm

Father Raffaele Di Muro, dean of the San Bonaventura-Seraphicum Theological Faculty in Rome and director of the Kolbe chair, speaks of the saint’s life.