Aug 5, 2020 - 05:04 am .- Pope Francis said Wednesday the Church is not an expert in the global health crisis, but Catholic social teaching is fundamental to healing the issues faced by the world today.

Aug 5, 2020 - 03:48 am .- Pope Francis has asked for prayers for Lebanon and for the victims of yesterday's Beirut explosions, which have killed over a hundred people and caused serious destruction to the city.

Aug 4, 2020 - 09:59 am .- A Vatican foundation for Latin America will fund 168 projects in 23 countries, with most projects focusing on the effects the coronavirus pandemic has had in the area.

Aug 4, 2020 - 05:28 am .- Pope Francis Tuesday appointed a Spanish layman with a long career in finance economics to the number two position in the Secretariat for the Economy.

Aug 3, 2020 - 10:26 am .- The Vatican said Monday the health problems of Benedict XVI are not serious, though the pope emeritus is suffering from a painful disease.

Aug 3, 2020 - 03:21 am .- Pope emeritus Benedict XVI is sick with a bacterial infection and “extremely fail,” according to a German newspaper report.

Aug 2, 2020 - 07:30 am .- Pope Francis has urged young people gathered in Medjugorje to imitate the Virgin Mary by abandoning themselves to God.

Aug 2, 2020 - 06:00 am .- Pope Francis urged Catholics Sunday to follow “God’s logic” by taking responsibility for the welfare of others.

Aug 2, 2020 - 04:35 am .- Pope Francis deplored a firebomb attack on a cathedral in Nicaragua Sunday.

Aug 1, 2020 - 03:45 am .- Pope Francis appointed an official from the Vatican Secretariat of State as his new personal secretary Saturday.

Jul 31, 2020 - 06:53 pm .- The Pontifical Academy for Life has defended its latest document on the coronavirus crisis following criticism that it did not mention God.

Jul 31, 2020 - 12:30 pm .- In the months before Gianluigi Torzi was asked by the Holy See to act as middle man for the final purchase of the London property at 60 Sloane Ave. from Raffaele Mincione, a company owned by Mincione secured a multi-million-euro loan from a company controlled by Torzi.

Jul 31, 2020 - 06:45 am .- Pope Francis Friday accepted the resignation of Vatican diplomat Archbishop Giuseppe Pinto as an apostolic nuncio.

Jul 30, 2020 - 05:45 am .- A Vatican cardinal has invited German bishops to Rome to discuss their criticisms of a new instruction on parishes. 

Jul 30, 2020 - 05:30 am .- Exorcism is not an obscure practice shrouded in darkness, but a ministry filled with light, peace, and joy, according to a new guide for Catholic exorcists.

Jul 29, 2020 - 07:15 am .- State-sponsored hackers have reportedly targeted Vatican computer networks in an attempt to give China an advantage in negotiations to renew a provisional deal with the Holy See.  

Jul 28, 2020 - 10:15 am .- The cardinal leading the Vatican’s congregation on consecrated life said Monday contemplative religious communities are needed and will not disappear, even as over 30 monasteries closed in Spain last year.

Jul 28, 2020 - 05:00 am .- Pope Francis’ charitable project for Ukraine, started in 2016, has helped nearly one million people in the war-torn country, according to the auxiliary bishop of Leopoli.

Jul 28, 2020 - 03:00 am .- CNA examined the voting histories and public policy stances of some names expected to be on Biden’s shortlist.

Jul 27, 2020 - 11:15 am .- Cardinal Joseph Zen, the emeritus Bishop of Hong Kong, has made an impassioned defense of the Second Vatican Council, criticizing both “extreme conservatives” and “extreme progressives” for rejecting the authority and authenticity of the conciliar documents.