Joshua McElwee
@joshmcelwee.org
Vatican correspondent for Reuters. I travel with the pope sometimes. Dual US/EU national. Web: joshmcelwee.org.
For Latin nerds, a reconstruction of Pope Leo's decree today that Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati will be made saints of the Catholic Church on September 7.
June 13, 2025 at 11:05 AM
For Latin nerds, a reconstruction of Pope Leo's decree today that Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati will be made saints of the Catholic Church on September 7.
Pope Leo XIV visiting the tomb of the late Pope Francis this evening in Rome (photo, Vatican Media)
May 10, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Pope Leo XIV visiting the tomb of the late Pope Francis this evening in Rome (photo, Vatican Media)
Pope Francis meeting French President Macron at the end of the visit in Corsica now. (My @reuters.com photo for the Vatican press pool)
December 15, 2024 at 5:15 PM
Pope Francis meeting French President Macron at the end of the visit in Corsica now. (My @reuters.com photo for the Vatican press pool)
Pope Francis greeting journalists aboard the papal flight to Corsica
December 15, 2024 at 8:02 AM
Pope Francis greeting journalists aboard the papal flight to Corsica
First look inside the Vatican at a new popemobile Pope Francis will start using soon. For @reuters.com
December 4, 2024 at 1:20 PM
First look inside the Vatican at a new popemobile Pope Francis will start using soon. For @reuters.com
A group of Catholics including groups like Pax Christi USA are celebrating a Mass outside the White House now on Ash Wednesday, with the intention of calling for a ceasefire in the Israeli-Hamas war
February 14, 2024 at 4:34 PM
A group of Catholics including groups like Pax Christi USA are celebrating a Mass outside the White House now on Ash Wednesday, with the intention of calling for a ceasefire in the Israeli-Hamas war
"I pray that this synod receives the art of new narrations, the radical humility of knowing the likeness of the Reign of God in the most varied and human dynamisms." -- Sr. Maria Grazia Angelini.
October 23, 2023 at 9:11 AM
"I pray that this synod receives the art of new narrations, the radical humility of knowing the likeness of the Reign of God in the most varied and human dynamisms." -- Sr. Maria Grazia Angelini.
Giving a meditation to Pope Francis' Synod now, Fr. Timothy Radcliffe is looking ahead to the 11-month period between this meeting and the next synod.
"In these eleven months, will we speak fertile, hope-filled words, or words that are destructive and cynical?" he asks.
"In these eleven months, will we speak fertile, hope-filled words, or words that are destructive and cynical?" he asks.
October 23, 2023 at 8:53 AM
Giving a meditation to Pope Francis' Synod now, Fr. Timothy Radcliffe is looking ahead to the 11-month period between this meeting and the next synod.
"In these eleven months, will we speak fertile, hope-filled words, or words that are destructive and cynical?" he asks.
"In these eleven months, will we speak fertile, hope-filled words, or words that are destructive and cynical?" he asks.
New York’s Cardinal Dolan leaving the morning session of the Synod of Bishops at the Vatican today
October 11, 2023 at 1:20 PM
New York’s Cardinal Dolan leaving the morning session of the Synod of Bishops at the Vatican today
Mass in St. Peter's Basilica this morning for the opening of the second week of Pope Francis' momentous Vatican summit is being celebrated in the Greek-Byzantine rite. Lovely to watch.
October 9, 2023 at 7:16 AM
Mass in St. Peter's Basilica this morning for the opening of the second week of Pope Francis' momentous Vatican summit is being celebrated in the Greek-Byzantine rite. Lovely to watch.