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Per Mariam has been set up as a resource to offer readers reliable and informed news and analysis about the Holy See and the Catholic Church, as well as highlighting the wealth of the Church’s spiritual writings. Whether through straight news pieces or more in-depth analysis essays, Per Mariam aims to inform readers clearly and honestly about matters pertaining to the Catholic Church while defending the Church’s unchanging teaching and timeless Tradition, all in a spirit of unity and service to the Church and Christ who is Truth.

About

Per Mariam was established by Catholic journalist Michael Haynes; the website is operated by a small team of professionals.

Working as a journalist since 2020, Haynes is based in Rome as a member of the Holy See press corps, chiefly serving as Snr. Vatican correspondent for LifeSiteNews.com. With a background in theology and philosophy, he chiefly concentrates on news pertaining to the Catholic Church and especially on the Vatican.

He also regularly writes for the American TFP, and his writings have been also published by La Nuova Bussola Quotidiana, Gregorius Magnus, One Peter Five, Catholic Family News, Calx Maria, while also being translated into a number of languages and reprinted widely.

He has made live appearances giving Vatican analysis for Newsmax, LiveNow from FOX, and is a regular guest on iCatholic Radio.

Alongside his journalism, he has has published books on spirituality, Mariology (Mary the Motherly Co-Redemptrix), and apologetics (A Catechism of Errors.) 

He has interviewed numerous leading prelates, and reporting highlights include:

1. EXCLUSIVE: Cardinal Müller – Everybody has a right to listen to fullness of the Gospel June 26, 2025. PerMariam

2. EXCLUSIVE: Iran’s cardinal says peace only possible through ‘justice, mutual respect’ June 25, 2025. LifeSite

3. EXCLUSIVE: Fr. James Martin says Pope Francis wanted to make LGBT people ‘feel at home’ April 30, 2025. LifeSite

4. EXCLUSIVE: Cardinals must beware of ‘anti-Christian’ world when choosing a new pope Mar 3, 2025 LifeSite

5. EXCLUSIVE: Cardinal Müller – the Church ‘is not in the world to justify sin’ Feb 27, 2025. LifeSite

6. EXCLUSIVE: Cardinal Burke on Latin Mass ‘persecution’ & need for ‘profound reform’ in Church Jan 28, 2025. PerMariam

7. EXCLUSIVE: Cardinal Burke - ‘loss of devotional life one of greatest tragedies’ of post-Vatican II era Jan 21, 2025. PerMariam

8. EXCLUSIVE: Two new cardinals urge ‘authentic’ witness of Catholic faith to re-evangelize the West Dec 17, 2024. LifeSite

9. EXCLUSIVE: New cardinal says banning divorced, ‘re-married’ from Communion an ‘enormous injustice’ Dec 12, 2024. LifeSite

10. EXCLUSIVE: Church’s youngest cardinal urges the West to rediscover ‘true connection with Christ’ Dec 10, 2024. LifeSite

11. EXCLUSIVE: Cardinal Radcliffe defends controversial 2013 text on homosexual acts Dec 9, 2024. LifeSite

12. EXCLUSIVE: Cardinal Parolin says Vatican dialogue with Communist China is ‘progressing’ Nov 15, 2024. LifeSite

13. EXCLUSIVE: British Lord condemns renewal of Vatican deal with Communist China October 24, 2024. LifeSite

14. EXCLUSIVE: Cardinal Parolin denies involvement in plan to increase Latin Mass restrictions September 10, 2024. LifeSite

15. EXCLUSIVE: Vatican officials deny involvement in rumored Latin Mass crackdown August 9, 2024. LifeSite

16. EXCLUSIVE: Chaldean Patriarch on Church's rejection of same-sex blessings July 22, 2024. PerMariam

17. EXCLUSIVE: Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem says ‘I have to do all that is possible to save my people’ May 1, 2024. LifeSite

18. EXCLUSIVE: Cardinal Parolin confirms Vatican aims to renew secretive deal with China this year Apr 23, 2024. LifeSite

19. EXCLUSIVE: Vatican liturgy office denies Rupnik is still a consulting member April 18, 2024. LifeSite

20. EXCLUSIVE: Cardinal Müller joins calls for US bishops to excommunicate Biden March 28, 2024. LifeSite

21. EXCLUSIVE: Cardinal Müller calls Pope Francis’ homosexual ‘blessings’ an attack on marriage March 26, 2024. LifeSite

22. Archbishop Paglia claims Catholic moral teaching ‘requires continued reflection’ February 14, 2024 LifeSite

23. EXCLUSIVE: Atheist Mariana Mazzucato defends Pontifical Academy for Life membership, downplays abortion February 12, 2024 LifeSite

24. EXCLUSIVE: Pope Francis defends restrictions on Latin Mass – ‘Read the motu proprio’ January 22, 2024. LifeSite

25. Archbishop Viganò: Cdl Fernández’s defense of Fiducia Supplicans shows his ‘manifest heresy’ January 6, 2024. LifeSite

26. EXCLUSIVE: Synod document contains ‘blueprint for a new Church,’ theologian warns November 22, 2023. LifeSite

27. EXCLUSIVE: Cardinal says reports he is changing rules for electing new pope are ‘absolutely false’ November 6, 2023. LifeSite

28. EXCLUSIVE: Cardinal Fernández says blessings are for ‘every’ person in ‘every situation’ October 19, 2023. LifeSite

29. EXCLUSIVE: Incoming Hong Kong cardinal highlights ‘dialogue’ between Vatican and Communist China September 28, 2023. LifeSite

30. Theologians warn Archbishop Fernández pushing ‘heresy’ by promoting Amoris Laetitia September 18, 2023 LifeSite

31. EXCLUSIVE: Cardinal Müller reacts to Pope Francis’ new appointment to Vatican’s Doctrine chief July 4, 2023. LifeSite

32. EXCLUSIVE: Vatican dicastery denies involvement with rumored document crushing traditional seminaries April 5, 2023. LifeSite

33. EXCLUSIVE: Bp. Schneider warns ‘ecological conversion,’ ecumenism ‘undermine’ Catholic teaching  February 27, 2023. AND PART TWO  — — EXCLUSIVE: Bp. Schneider says Synod on Synodality serves up ‘spiritual poisons’ to the faithful  February 28, 2023. (VIDEO of interview) LifeSite

34. Cdl. Roche’s attempt to further restrict Latin Mass violates Church law: canon lawyers February 13, 2023. LifeSite

35. Scholars refute Cdl. Roche’s claim that devotion to Latin Mass is ‘more Protestant than Catholic’ September 1, 2022 LifeSite