Per Mariam’s aim

Per Mariam offers readers reliable and informative news and analysis about the Holy See and the Catholic Church, whilst also 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.

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Per Mariam will also feature some of its Vatican correspondent’s writings which are originally published elsewhere.

To contact the editors of the site, please write via email to permariamsubstack@protonmail.com, or for regular and breaking news updates follow Michael Haynes on X or Per Mariam’s official page.

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As such we divide our reporting into content that is free for everyone, and content that is reserved for paid subscribers. That way all readers get the benefit of Per Mariam’s coverage, while paid subscribers receive the extra information and analysis that they opted in for.

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• At three weeks after publication, all articles – apart from Spirituality articles which will always be free for everyone – will be reserved only for paid subscribers.

Who are we?

Per Mariam was initially established by Catholic journalist Michael Haynes; the website is now operated by a small team of editors and writers.

Working as a journalist since 2020, and a member of the Holy See press corps since 2022, Haynes is currently Vatican Correspondent for Pelican+ and Vatican analyst for The Catholic Herald. 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 One Peter Five, La Nuova Bussola Quotidiana, Gregorius Magnus, Catholic Family News, European Conservative, 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 Burke – Atheistic promotion of anti-life policies leads to ‘self-destruction’ of nations for Per Mariam Feb 2026.

2. EXCLUSIVE Bishop Eleganti for Pelican+ Dec 2025:

   1. Pt 1 Bishop Eleganti: Catholicism and Islam cannot peacefully coexist

   2. Pt 2 Bishop Eleganti warns: The Magisterium has become incoherent

3. EXCLUSIVE Cardinal Müller for Pelican+ Dec 2025.

   1. Pt 1 Cardinal Müller: Pope is to be the ‘guarantee of unity of the Church’

   2. Pt 2 Cardinal Müller: “There doesn’t exist a synodal church”

   3. Pt 3 Müller urges Return to Summorum Pontificum

4. EXCLUSIVE: Bishop Schneider - ‘the Church cannot continue into further confusion’ October 2025. Per Mariam

5. EXCLUSIVE: Abp Cordileone – Beauty of Latin Mass draws young people July 24, 2025. Per Mariam

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

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

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

9. EXCLUSIVE Cardinal Müller for LifeSite, Feb 2025.

   1. Müller says cardinals must beware of ‘anti-Christian’ world when choosing a new pope Mar 3, 2025.

   2. Cardinal Müller – the Church ‘is not in the world to justify sin’ Feb 27, 2025.

10. EXCLUSIVE Cardinal Burke for Per Mariam Jan 2025.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

19. EXCLUSIVE: Chaldean Patriarch on Church's rejection of same-sex blessings July 22, 2024. Per Mariam

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

36. EXCLUSIVE Bishop Schneider for LifeSite Feb 2023.

    1. Bp. Schneider warns ‘ecological conversion,’ ecumenism ‘undermine’ Catholic teaching  February 27, 2023.

    2. Bp. Schneider says Synod on Synodality serves up ‘spiritual poisons’ to the faithful  February 28, 2023. (VIDEO of interview)

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

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