Edward Pentin

Edward Pentin

Edward Pentin began reporting on the pope and the Vatican with Vatican Radio before moving on to become the Rome correspondent for EWTN's National Catholic Register. He has also reported on the Holy See and the Catholic Church for a number of other publications including Newsweek, Newsmax, Zenit, The Catholic Herald, and The Holy Land Review, a Franciscan publication specializing in the Church and the Middle East. Edward is the author of “The Next Pope: The Leading Cardinal Candidates” (Sophia Institute Press, 2020) and “The Rigging of a Vatican Synod? An Investigation into Alleged Manipulation at the Extraordinary Synod on the Family” (Ignatius Press, 2015).

Articles by Edward Pentin

Cardinals follow the ceremony during the ordinary public consistory for the creation of new cardinals at St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City, Dec. 7, 2024. Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA

Pope Leo XIV plans to hold major meeting of cardinals in January

Nov 7, 2025 / 17:10 pm

In a brief communication, the Vatican Secretariat of State said that “Holy Father Leo XIV has in mind to convene an Extraordinary Consistory” for Jan. 7-8, 2026.

King Charles III and Queen Camilla view items on display during a visit to the Royal Collection exhibition in the Green Drawing Room during the state visit by the president of the United States of America at Windsor Castle on Sept. 17, 2025, in Windsor, England. The royal couple have announced a state visit to the Vatican in late October 2025. Credit: Aaron Chown - WPA Pool/Getty Images

King Charles and Camilla to make state visit to Vatican in late October

Sep 26, 2025 / 19:01 pm

Buckingham Palace has announced that King Charles III and Queen Camilla will be making their first state visit to the Vatican in late October for the occassion of the 2025 Jubilee.

Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu in 2019. Credit: Daniel Ibanez/EWTN

Cardinal Becciu’s Vatican appeal hearing begins

Sep 22, 2025 / 17:51 pm

Cardinal Angelo Becciu, the former deputy Vatican secretary of state, maintains he acted with papal approval and says prosecutors ignored key evidence in the case.

Marchers make their way through central London during the 10th annual March for Life UK on Sept. 6, 2025. Credit: Edward Pentin/EWTN News

7 Catholic bishops join record-breaking UK March for Life in London

Sep 10, 2025 / 11:25 am

Held in a festive atmosphere and under warm, sunny September skies, organizers estimated 10,000 participants took part in the 10th annual multidenominational Christian march.

Britain’s King Charles III (right); Oratorian Father Ignatius Harrison (left); Daniel Joyce (back left), Newman archivist and librarian, Birmingham Oratory; and Father Anton Guziel (back right) walk during a tour of The Oratory of St. Philip Neri on Sept. 3, 2025. Credit: CHRIS JACKSON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

King Charles III becomes first monarch to visit Newman’s Birmingham Oratory

Sep 8, 2025 / 13:06 pm

The provost of the Birmingham Oratory, Oratorian Father Ignatius Harrison, said it was a very brief but joyful visit that was on “His Majesty’s own initiative.”

The Duke and Duchess of Kent stand on a balcony at Buckingham Palace during the annual Trooping the Colour Ceremony on June 15, 2013, in London. Credit: Carfax2/CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Duchess of Kent, first senior royal to become Catholic in 300 years, dies at 92

Sep 6, 2025 / 09:00 am

The Duchess of Kent’s 1994 reception into the Church by Cardinal Basil Hume marked the first public conversion of a senior British royal since the Stuart era.

Pope Leo XIV prays at the Marian shrine at Mentorella on Aug. 19, 2025. Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV visits favorite Marian shrine of John Paul II outside Rome

Aug 19, 2025 / 18:43 pm

Pope Leo XIV made a private visit Tuesday to the Shrine of Our Lady of Mentorella, Mother of Graces, near Rome.

Monsignor Renzo Pegoraro is the new president of the Pontifical Academy for Life. Credit: ACI Stampa

Pope Leo XIV taps Monsignor Renzo Pegoraro for presidency of Pontifical Academy for Life

May 27, 2025 / 19:06 pm

Pope Leo XIV has appointed as head of the Vatican’s bioethics think tank Monsignor Renzo Pegoraro, the longtime deputy of its outgoing president, Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia.

The Church of the Gesù, where a Mass and prayer vigil for LGBT Christians are scheduled in September 2025 in Rome during the 2025 Jubilee Year of Hope. Credit: essevu/Shutterstock

Organizers and supporters reluctant to discuss planned LGBT jubilee day in Rome

Dec 11, 2024 / 17:35 pm

The Vatican’s jubilee organizers say they are neither supporting nor opposing the event while the figures behind it are declining to comment.

Cardinal Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot, a native of Seville, Spain, served as prefect of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue. Known for his commitment to fostering dialogue between faiths, he was a key figure in the Vatican’s efforts to promote mutual understanding and peace. Credit: Vatican Media

Cardinal Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot, champion of interreligious dialogue, dies at 72

Nov 25, 2024 / 17:00 pm

A respected expert in Islam, the Spanish prelate devoted much of his career to promoting dialogue with the Muslim religion and played a key role in the “Document on Human Fraternity.”

Father David Waller will become the first bishop Ordinary of the Ordinariate. Credit: Courtesy photo / Bishop's Conference of England and Wales

Former Anglican vicar becomes first bishop of UK ordinariate

Apr 29, 2024 / 18:45 pm

The Vatican has announced a new leader of the ordinariate in Great Britain.

Father Benedict Kiely, founder of Nasarean.org, speaks during a panel discussion on Day 2 of The National Conservatism Conference at the Claridge on April 17, 2024, in Brussels, Belgium. Credit: Omar Havana/Getty Images

Belgian court overturns ban on conservative conference attended by German cardinal

Apr 17, 2024 / 16:30 pm

Cardinal Gerhard Müller told author Rod Dreher, who was also speaking at the conference, that the attempt to shut down the conference was “like Nazi Germany.”

In a speech during a meeting with Pope Tawadros II, the head of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, and other Coptic Orthodox representatives on May 11, 2023, Pope Francis announced that the Coptic Orthodox martyrs killed by ISIS in 2015 will be added to the Catholic Church’s official list of saints. Credit: Vatican Media

Coptic Orthodox Church confirms dialogue with Catholic Church suspended over same-sex blessings

Mar 12, 2024 / 12:00 pm

The Coptic Orthodox Church has confirmed that its decision to suspend dialogue with the Catholic Church was due to Rome’s “change of position” on homosexuality.

Cardinal Joseph Zen preaches a sermon during a Mass at the Holy Cross Church on May 24, 2022, in Hong Kong, China. Anthony Kwan/Getty Images

Cardinal Zen: Fiducia Supplicans ‘creates confusion’; suggests Fernández should resign

Jan 25, 2024 / 08:30 am

In a statement published Jan. 23 on his blog, Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun said the declaration contains numerous passages in need of clarification.

Statue of St. Peter in front of St. Peter's Basilica. Credit: Vatican Media

Cardinals send ‘dubia’ to Pope Francis ahead of Synod on Synodality

Oct 2, 2023 / 02:34 am

The cardinals said they submitted five questions, called a “dubia,” on Aug. 21 requesting clarity on several topics.