May 29, 2020 - 07:10 am .- The Vatican has published a free book online that can be a resource for parents facing a difficult or fatal diagnosis for their unborn child during pregnancy.
May 28, 2020 - 10:00 am .- The Vatican Apostolic Archive will reopen to researchers June 1 after closing for 12 weeks due to Italy’s coronavirus lockdown.
May 27, 2020 - 08:30 am .- The Vatican announced Wednesday that Pope Francis has advanced the sainthood causes of 14 men and women, including Bl. Charles de Foucauld, a French missionary killed in Algeria in 1916.
May 27, 2020 - 06:15 am .- Prayer is a refuge and protection against the evil of the world, Pope Francis said in his general audience address Wednesday.
May 27, 2020 - 05:40 am .- Fr. Michael McGivney, an American priest soon to be beatified, died while ministering to the sick amid a 19th-century pandemic, which may have been caused by a coronavirus.
May 27, 2020 - 04:55 am .- Pope Francis approved a miracle attributed to the intercession of Fr. Michael J. McGivney Wednesday, paving the way for the beatification of the founder of the Knights of Columbus.
May 26, 2020 - 11:00 am .- U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said Tuesday the world needs a response to the coronavirus pandemic based on the protection of human dignity and human rights
May 26, 2020 - 09:30 am .- Pope Francis will deliver his Regina Coeli address from the window overlooking St. Peter’s Square this Sunday for the first time since coronavirus restrictions were imposed in March.
May 26, 2020 - 08:45 am .- In a letter to an Italian journalist Monday, Pope Francis said we should pray for mothers to have courage as they face the challenges of the post-coronavirus world.
May 25, 2020 - 10:04 am .- Pope Francis will pray the rosary in the Vatican Gardens’ Lourdes grotto on Saturday, as Catholic shrines from around the world join via video streaming.
May 25, 2020 - 06:00 am .- A new book collects the wisdom of Archbishop George Ganswein, and aims to call Catholics to evangelization, and to joy.
May 25, 2020 - 05:48 am .- Pope Francis Monday remembered Ut unum sint, St. Pope John Paul II’s encyclical on ecumenism, on the 25th anniversary of its publication.
May 24, 2020 - 05:45 am .- Pope Francis Sunday entrusted China to the Blessed Virgin Mary, and asked all people to pray for a new outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon the most populated country in the world.
May 23, 2020 - 08:35 am .- The Vatican Museums announced Saturday that it will reopen on June 1, two days before Italy opens its borders to European visitors after nearly three months of lockdown.
May 23, 2020 - 07:05 am .- Pope Francis appointed Saturday Bishop Thomas An-Zu Chung as the next Metropolitan Archbishop of Taipei, Taiwan.
May 21, 2020 - 10:45 am .- After the Vatican stopped livestreaming Pope Francis’ daily Masses this week, Catholics from around the world have urged the pope to resume the broadcast.
May 21, 2020 - 09:45 am .- Missionary work is a cooperation with the Holy Spirit to bring people to Christ; it does not benefit from overcomplicated programs or fancy advertising campaigns, Pope Francis said Thursday.
May 20, 2020 - 10:30 am .- As Israel’s new government considers annexing parts of the West Bank, the Palestinian Liberation Organization’s chief negotiator appealed to the Vatican Secretary for Relations with States over the phone.
May 20, 2020 - 09:00 am .- Pope Francis Wednesday moved the office of the Vatican’s financial records database under the management of the Secretariat for the Economy – reversing a decision he made in 2016.
May 20, 2020 - 04:30 am .- Prayer opens the door of hope, Pope Francis said at the general audience Wednesday.
