Vatican News
Update: Vatican investigators will arrive in Chile next week
The Vatican announced Thursday that to help with the process of healing in Chile, Pope Francis will send Archbishop Charles... Read more
Pope focuses on social media use in June prayer video
In his prayer video for June, Pope Francis asked that digital communications and social media platforms would be a place... Read more
Pope Francis: The Church is not just the bishops – it's everyone
Pope Francis Wednesday said that the sacrament of Confirmation is a gift meant to be shared with other people, both... Read more
Peripheries, truth, and hope: Pope Francis on upstanding journalism
Ahead the presentation of the Biagio Agnes International Journalism Award, Pope Francis advised journalists to consider of all walks of... Read more
Pope offers prayer, solidarity for victims of Guatemala eruption
With the death count of a massive volcanic eruption in Guatemala already at 65, Pope Francis has offered his prayers... Read more
Full text of Pope Francis' letter to the Church in Chile
In a letter to Catholics in Chile on May 31, Pope Francis said he is ashamed of the Church's failure... Read more
Pope Francis urges Spirit-centered cooperation between Catholics, Lutherans
In an address Monday to a delegation of the German Evangelical Lutheran Church, Pope Francis encouraged ongoing ecumenism between Catholics... Read more
Sodalit founder appeals decision barring him from contact with community
Luis Fernando Figari, a layman accused of physical, sexual and psychological abuse, has launched a second appeal against a 2017... Read more
Pope Francis rejects German proposal for inter-communion
One month after Vatican and German delegates met in Rome to discuss a proposal put forward by German bishops to... Read more
Pope on Corpus Christi: Only the Eucharist satisfies hearts
Only the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ, the food of life, can satisfy the hunger of hearts for love,... Read more
Pope Francis calls for dialogue amid continued violence in Nicaragua
In off-the-cuff comments after the Angelus Sunday, Pope Francis denounced violence against protestors by armed groups in Nicaragua and prayed... Read more
Chilean abuse victims say Pope Francis listened to them
Survivors of sexual abuse and other abuses perpetrated by Chile’s most notorious abuser priest, Fernando Karadima, met with Pope Francis... Read more
Pope Francis begins meetings with Chilean clerical abuse victims
Pope Francis begins his second set of meetings with victims of Fr. Fernando Karadima, a Chilean priest who committed sexual... Read more
Dicastery on Laity, Family, and Life issues document on sports
Sports touch the lives of many people, and while they can be a vehicle for character growth, they can also... Read more
Pope names new bishop for Ruthenian eparchy in the US
The Vatican announced Friday that Pope Francis has tapped Slovakian-born Bishop Milan Lach S.J. as the new head of the... Read more
Pope Francis 'ashamed' the Church didn't listen to Chilean abuse victims
In a letter to Catholics in Chile on Thursday, Pope Francis said he is ashamed of the Church's failure to... Read more
Pope Francis names apostolic visitor for pastoral care in Medjugorje
Pope Francis Thursday extended the mandate of his special envoy to Medjugorje, tasking him with oversight of the pastoral needs... Read more
Commentary: Archbishop Ladaria and the transgender movement
This week Archbishop Luis Ladaria, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, issued (another) definitive statement on... Read more
CDF prefect: That only men can be priests is 'definitive'
The teaching of the Catholic Church on the impossibility of ordaining women to the priesthood, now or in the future,... Read more
The Holy Spirit is the invisible gift of God, Pope Francis says
Pope Francis said Wednesday that confirmation is the sacrament in which Catholics are marked with a seal that solidifies their... Read more
