Vatican News
Vatican launches task force to implement 'Vos estis' and 2011 abuse guidelines
The Vatican has created a task force to help under-resourced bishops’ conferences enact guidelines on the protection of minors and... Read more
Vatican City implements health measures over coronavirus
The Vatican has implemented special health measures and canceled some events as more than 500 people have tested positive for... Read more
‘Worship of initiatives’ is replacing faith, Pope Francis warns priests
Priests risk losing their ministry as pastors and teachers of the faith when they become “suffocated” by management problems, Pope... Read more
Pope Francis names 4 new bishops for US dioceses
The appointments, announced Thursday, include three new auxiliary bishops for the Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey, and one new auxiliary... Read more
'Slight' sickness keeps Pope Francis close to home, Vatican says
Pope Francis did not attend a scheduled meeting with Rome priests Thursday morning due to a “slight indisposition,” a Vatican... Read more
Pope Francis prays for Iraqis as Vatican confirms no papal visit in 2020
Speaking to pilgrims from the Middle East during his general audience address, the pope gave a special welcome to people... Read more
Pope Francis on Ash Wednesday: Confession purifies hearts
Before going to confession, Pope Francis recommended, people should stand in front of the Crucifix and contemplate Christ on the... Read more
Pope Francis' Lent advice: Put down phone, pick up Bible
Pope Francis urged Catholics Wednesday to use the season of Lent to spend less time immersed in the chatter and... Read more
Personal conversion needed to confront Satan's lies, pope says in Lent message
There is an urgent need for personal conversion, without which the temptations of Satan, and the presence of evil, create... Read more
Denver archbishop discusses February Pope Francis meeting
The Archbishop of Denver offered his impressions of a Feb. 10 meeting between some U.S. bishops and Pope Francis, at... Read more
Pope Francis: Ask God for the strength to love your enemies
Ask God for the grace to love your enemies, Pope Francis said Sunday in a homily in the Italian city... Read more
Pope Francis on Middle East: War should never be considered normal
War is madness, Pope Francis told bishops gathered in the Italian city of Bari in a speech that warned against... Read more
Computer programming teen Carlo Acutis to be beatified
The Vatican announced Saturday the approval of a miracle attributed to the intercession of Venerable Carlo Acutis, an Italian teenager... Read more
Fr. Emil Kapaun's path to sainthood to face Vatican milestone in March
A Kansas priest recalls the holy deeds of Servant of God Emil Kapaun, a POW and chaplain during the Korean... Read more
Santa Fe archbishop weighs in on papal discussion of Fr. James Martin
Archbishop John Wester of Santa Fe has offered his recollections of a meeting between Pope Francis and the American Southwest,... Read more
Pope Francis: Canon law revision project is concluding
Pope Francis said on Friday that canon law can be like medicine, because justice is healing for the entire Church.... Read more
Pope Francis prays for victims of German shooting
Pope Francis prayed Friday for the victims of a shooting in Germany that killed nine people at two hookah bars. Read more
What to expect when Vatican archives on Venerable Pius XII open in March
The Vatican’s archives on the pontificate of Venerable Pius XII will become available for study March 2, possibly bringing to... Read more
Pope Francis urges Catholic educators to teach inclusive integral ecology
Pope Francis called for an educational revolution Thursday, telling the Congregation for Catholic Education that more effort needs to be... Read more
London to Malta via Rome: Following the money in Vatican financial scandals
The Vatican raid conducted on the chief prosecutor of the Church’s Apostolic Signatura sheds light on a network of companies... Read more
