Vatican News
Read Vatican guide to consecrated virginity with discernment, canonist says
A new Vatican instruction on the role of consecrated virginity has drawn criticism from an American group, which says that... Read more
Love is the heart of doctrine on family, Pope Francis says
In a message to Antillean youth, Pope Francis said love is the core of the Church's doctrine on the family,... Read more
Francis appoints four presidents delegate for youth synod
Pope Francis appointed Saturday four cardinals as presidents delegate to the synod on youth, which will meet at the Vatican... Read more
A good Catholic proclaims the Gospel, Pope Francis says
By virtue of their Baptism, every Catholic is called to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ – a mission which... Read more
Beatification cause opens for Jesuit Pedro Arrupe, early mentor to Pope Francis
A cause has begun in the Diocese of Rome for the beatification of Fr. Pedro Arrupe SJ, former superior general... Read more
After new appointments, will Pope Francis' stalled curial reform start moving?
A long-time priority of Pope Francis, curial reform – specifically the overhaul of Vatican finances and communications – has been... Read more
New Mexico bishop made coadjutor of San Jose
The Vatican announced Wednesday Pope Francis' appointment of Bishop Oscar Cantú of Las Cruces, New Mexico to be coadjutor bishop... Read more
What happens when a church is no longer a church?
St. Catherine of Siena Church was built by immigrants in a Catholic Boston neighborhood, in the late nineteenth century. For... Read more
Pope Francis prays for Japan amid deadly flooding
Pope Francis sent his prayers and condolences to Japan Monday following the death of at least 119 people in some... Read more
Pope: God doesn't meet our expectations – he surprises us instead
Pope Francis said Sunday that God always surprises people with the way he works, and because of this, believers should... Read more
Peace cannot be built with walls, Pope Francis says in Bari
Pope Francis said Saturday that peace in the Middle East will never be achieved through division, violence or the pursuit... Read more
In Bari, Pope decries 'murderous' indifference to a weeping Middle East
Joined by heads of Christian Churches in the Middle East, Pope Francis Saturday condemned the “complicit silence” and indifference of... Read more
After Cardinal Farrell’s marriage prep remarks, some Catholics ask for clarity
Priests, theologians, and lay pastoral workers have responded to recent comments from a senior Vatican official, which suggested that priests... Read more
Francis thanks Ukrainian Greek-Catholics for their 'service to Christian unity'
According to a release from the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, during a meeting with the Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč on Tuesday,... Read more
The world needs a change of heart on environmental issues, pope says
Christians have an important role to play in helping people have a change of heart and mind regarding responsible protection... Read more
Pope Francis denounces silence in the face of injustice toward migrants
Pope Francis called on Catholics to speak out in the face of injustice towards migrants at a Mass commemorating the... Read more
Cardinal Tauran, leader in Catholic-Muslim dialogue, dies at 75
After a long battle with Parkinson's Disease, Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, a seasoned Vatican diplomat who announced Pope Francis' election to... Read more
Venerable Carlo Acutis: A patron of computer programmers?
Carlo Acutis, who died of leukemia at the age of 15, offering his suffering for the pope and for the... Read more
Cardinal Farrell again says priests have ‘no credibility’ for marriage prep
The Vatican official leading the Church’s office for laity, family, and life has said that priests do not have the... Read more
‘Holy mayor’ Giorgio La Pira takes next step to sainthood
Most mayors do not live in unheated monastic cells, deliver candy from Orthodox patriarchs to the pope, or become ambassadors... Read more
