Christopher White is the Vatican correspondent for NCR. His e-mail address is cwhite@ncronline.org. Follow him on Twitter: @CWWhiteNCR.

Prior to moving to Rome in August 2021, he served as NCR's national correspondent, where his award winning reporting included coverage of the Catholic vote during the 2020 campaign and the election of President Joe Biden.

He holds a master's degree in ethics and society from Fordham University and a bachelor's degree in politics, philosophy and economics from The King's College. His work has appeared in Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The Washington Post, Philadelphia Inquirer, Forbes, Foreign Policy, New York Daily News, International Business Times, among many other print and online publications. He has regularly appeared on television and radio programs, including CBC, CNN, NPR, RTE and BBC, and is a Vatican analyst for NBC and MSNBC News. 

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Sr. Nadia Coppa of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ is the new president of the International Union of Superiors General. (Courtesy of UISG)

UISG's new president speaks on the importance of embracing vulnerability

People
May 20, 2022

UISG's plenary became a "sacred space to share about our vulnerabilities as leaders of congregations," Sr. Nadia Coppa said. "Vulnerability is part of our lives as consecrated women, and we have to embrace it, not remove it."

Women religious look through their plenary materials May 6, the final day of the 2022 plenary of the International Union of Superiors General in Rome. (GSR photo/Chris Herlinger)

UISG plenary concludes, calling sisters to renewal, transformation and inclusivity

May 9, 2022

At the end of UISG plenary in Rome, sisters shared this pledge: "I commit myself to live vulnerable synodality through service as a leader, animating it within the community, together with the people of God."

Xavière Sr. Nathalie Becquart at the General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops Sept. 27, 2021, at the Vatican (AP/Sipa USA/Abaca/Erice Vandeville)

Women religious blaze new trails in roles of authority at the Vatican

People
Vatican
May 2, 2022

With a wave of new appointments of religious sisters inside the Vatican, Pope Francis is making room for more women religious to have a permanent seat at the table. Sisters spoke about the importance of these changes.

Canadian artist Timothy Schmalz created a 20-foot bronze sculpture, titled "Let the Oppressed Go Free," depicting St. Josephine Bakhita freeing victims of human trafficking. (Courtesy of Timothy Schmalz)

Artist hopes new sculpture can spotlight sisters' work fighting human trafficking

Justice
Culture
Feb 7, 2022

The design for Canadian artist Timothy Schmalz's sculpture, titled "Let the Oppressed Go Free," is inspired, in part, by a 19th-century Canossian religious sister, now saint, Josephine Bakhita.