The Fátima shrine in Portugal will not be taking down its Rupnik mosaic installation but has stopped using the image in any distributed materials.
“Very early on, we, not only me, had the impression that we were dealing with a saint,” said a longtime employee of Vatican News who covered John Paul II’s papacy.
In an April 1 update about the 88-year-old pontiff’s continued recovery, the Holy See Press Office said Pope Francis’ condition continues to improve.
Bishop Jean-Marc Micas of Tarbes and Lourdes called the decision a “second step” after his initial decision in July 2024 to no longer light up the mosaics at night.
Pope Francis has appointed Bishop Michael McGovern of Belleville, Illinois, to lead the Archdiocese of Omaha, Nebraska.
“Being a Missionary of Mercy has given my life so much focus,” said Father Augustine Deji Dada of the Archdiocese of New York.
Archbishop Anthony Fisher of Sydney this week credited the apparently miraculous survival of an Arizona toddler to the intercession of Cardinal George Pell.
Now in its 12th year, the Church’s “24 Hours for the Lord” Lenten initiative is believed to have been inspired by the Eucharistic devotion of a group of young Catholics in Rome.
“Abuse prevention,” the Holy Father said, “is not a blanket to be spread over emergencies but one of the foundations on which to build communities faithful to the Gospel.”
Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia spoke of the pope’s age and health during the Pontifical Academy for Life’s first Vatican Longevity Summit on March 24.
The Vatican is collaborating with tech leaders and others to fight the sexual abuse and exploitation of children in the sphere of artificial intelligence.
The process will involve a multiyear “accompaniment and evaluation process” leading to a Church-wide assembly at the Vatican in October 2028.
The English royalty will be in Italy from April 7–10, with the first part of the visit being focused on the Vatican and participation in the Catholic Church’s 2025 Jubilee Year.
Over 30,000 runners will hold 42 seconds of silence for Pope Francis before the start of the Rome marathon on Sunday morning.
Media reports say the Vatican may be getting closer to making a decision in the case of Father Marko Rupnik, the artist and former Jesuit accused of sexual and spiritual abuse.
Ex-Jesuit Father Marko Rupnik has been accused of abusing adult women who were under his spiritual care as part of a religious community he helped found.
Sister Giustina Olha Holubets, SSMI, founded the nonprofit organization “Perinatal Hospice - Imprint of Life” in Lviv, Ukraine, which she currently leads.
“Our world is thirsting for fraternity and genuine dialogue,” a March 7 message from the Vatican’s Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue said.
The theme of the retreat, which will take place from the evening of March 9 through the morning of March 14, is “The Hope of Eternal Life,” the Vatican announced Tuesday.
Life is always precious, said Sister Giustina Olha Holubets, SSMI, during a March 3 press conference at the Vatican, “even if it is very, very small, and even if it is very short.”