Vatican News

Argentine president Alberto Fernández.

Vatican official claims canon law required giving communion to pro-choice Argentine president and consort

Feb 10, 2020

A Vatican official has defended his decision to administer the Eucharist to Argentina's president, despite the leader’s effort to legalize... Read more

Chiara Lubich, founder of the Focolare Movement.

Pope emphasizes unity in message to bishops connected to Focolare Movement

Feb 10, 2020

By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Francis emphasized unity in a message sent Monday to bishops connected to the Focolare Movement, which is celebrating 100... Read more

Pope Francis with Carl Anderson, Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus, Feb. 16, 2017.

Pope Francis praises charitable work of Knights of Columbus

Feb 10, 2020

By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Francis on Monday met Supreme Knight Carl A. Anderson and members of the Knights of Columbus supreme council, praising... Read more

Pope Francis at a Wednesday general audience in St. Peter's Square on June 17, 2015.

Pope Francis will travel to Malta in May

Feb 10, 2020

By Courtney Mares

The Vatican announced Monday that Pope Francis will visit the islands of Malta and Gozo on May 31. Read more

Pope Francis at the general audience in St. Peter's Square on March 14, 2018.

Pope Francis appeals for displaced women and children in Syria

Feb 9, 2020

By Courtney Mares

Pope Francis appealed Sunday for the protection of women and children fleeing violence in northwestern Syria as more than half... Read more

Pope Francis meets with Patriarch of Eastern Catholic Churches based in the Middle East at the Vatican, Feb. 7, 2020.

Middle East patriarchs discuss plight of Christian minorities with Pope Francis

Feb 7, 2020

By Hannah Brockhaus

Six Catholic patriarchs from Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, and Iraq met with Pope Francis at the Vatican Friday to discuss the... Read more

Pope Francis at the opening Mass for the Amazon synod Oct. 6, 2019.

Pope's exhortation on Amazon synod to come out next week

Feb 7, 2020

By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation on the Amazon region will be published Feb. 12, the Vatican announced Friday.  Read more

Fr. John Connor, LC.

Legionaries of Christ elect new superior general

Feb 6, 2020

During its general chapter meeting in Rome, the Legionaries of Christ religious order has elected a new superior general to... Read more

Theodore McCarrick arrives at the Vatican on March 5, 2013.

Parolin: On McCarrick report release, Pope Francis has 'final word'

Feb 6, 2020

By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Francis will make the final decision on when to publish a highly-anticipated report on former cardinal Theodore McCarrick, Vatican... Read more

Pope Francis talks with Tim Tebow Feb. 5 at the Vatican's Paul VI Hall.

What Pope Francis told Tim Tebow

Feb 6, 2020

When he met Pope Francis at the Vatican Feb. 5, Tebow talked with the pope about his faith, and especially... Read more

Pope Francis at the general audience in St. Peter Square, Feb. 22, 2017.

Pope Francis to financial leaders: Ending poverty is our duty 

Feb 5, 2020

By Courtney Mares

Pope Francis called on global financial leaders and economists to end economic inequality Wednesday, saying that modern resources make ending... Read more

Tim Tebow and a guest at Rome's Night to Shine, Feb. 4. 2020.

At 'Night to Shine,' Tim Tebow brings the prom to Rome

Feb 5, 2020

By Hannah Brockhaus

What most Italians know about proms, they learned from watching American sitcoms or dubbed-over versions of 90210. The "prom" is... Read more

Pope Francis at the general audience on March 18, 2015.

Pope Francis: Poverty of spirit does not hide shortcomings from the world

Feb 5, 2020

By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Francis said Wednesday that a focus on achieving fame or having a perfect image in the eyes of the... Read more

Archbishop Georg Ganswein speak to Pope Francis on Jan. 15, 2020.

Vatican has 'no information' on Gänswein leave of absence report

Feb 5, 2020

By Hannah Brockhaus

After a German Catholic weekly reported that Archbishop Georg Gänswein was asked to take a leave of absence from his... Read more

Pope Francis greets a woman after the general audience Jan. 8, 2020.

Pope Francis met woman who grabbed him New Year's Eve

Feb 5, 2020

By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Francis in January met and shook hands with the woman at whom he lost his patience after being grabbed... Read more

Pope Francis at the general audience in St. Peter's Square on January 31, 2018.

One year after declaration on fraternity, pope calls for end to terrorism

Feb 4, 2020

By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Francis Tuesday marked the first anniversary of the joint signing of the Abu Dhabi document on human fraternity with... Read more

Vatican donates face masks to China amid coronavirus outbreak

Feb 4, 2020

By Courtney Mares

The Vatican has donated hundreds of thousands of face masks to China to help limit the spread of coronavirus, which... Read more

Pope Francis speaks in the Vatican's synod hall, Oct. 7, 2019.

Analysis: Will Francis send Amazon celibacy decision up the river?

Feb 3, 2020

By JD Flynn, Ed Condon

A leaked draft of an anticipated apostolic exhortation on the Amazon started a flurry of speculation last week that Pope... Read more

Pope Francis blesses a child on Jan. 12, 2020.

Pope Francis: The world needs Catholics who go out, proclaim Jesus

Feb 2, 2020

By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Francis spoke Sunday about the need for Catholics to be active in going out to announce the faith of... Read more

Pope Francis celebrates Mass for the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord Feb. 1, 2020.

How to be hopeful? Stay close to the Lord, pope says on Candlemas

Feb 1, 2020

By Hannah Brockhaus

There are always things which seem hopeless if seen with the eyes of the world, which is why those in... Read more