L'Osservatore Romano

What is L'Osservatore Romano?

L'Osservatore Romano is a newspaper published by the Holy See.

Although it sometimes features editorials by Church officials and publishes Church documents after they are released, L'Osservatore Romano is not synonymous with "the Vatican" — a term that is generally assumed to refer to the Magisterium, or teaching authority of the Catholic Church.

Style notes:

Reporters (and headline writers) should identify content published in L'Osservatore Romano as from "the Vatican newspaper" rather than simply "the Vatican," and they should make clear somewhere in the story that the content and editorial opinions of L'Osservatore Romano do not necessarily reflect that of the Magisterium.