Vatican News
Major conference on clerical abuse announced in Rome
Organizers revealed new details about an international conference on clerical sex abuse slated for February of next year in Rome. Read more
Cardinal encourages 60 hours of adoration to celebrate Pope’s anniversary
Bishops around the world are encouraged to promote 60 hours of Eucharistic adoration for the sanctification of all priests, for... Read more
Artists to honor Pope's 60th ordination anniversary with 60 works
The Vatican will celebrate Pope Benedict’s 60th anniversary of priestly ordination with a month-long exhibition featuring 60 artists from around... Read more
Apostolic visitation of Regnum Christi ends
Archbishop Ricardo Blazquez of Valladolid, Spain has concluded an apostolic visitation of the lay branch of the Legion of Christ,... Read more
Ease tensions with priests by your love, Pope tells Indian bishops
Bishops should build “bonds of fraternal love and mutual concern” with their priests so that “any tensions that may arise”... Read more
Business ethics summit begins at the Vatican
The Vatican launched a major conference today on business ethics, aimed at discussing whether or not unethical practices were at the... Read more
Vatican launches stem cell venture with US company
The Vatican has signed its first ever commercial agreement with an outside company. The contract with U.S.-based bio-pharmaceutical firm NeoStem... Read more
Rome’s rollerblading monk headed to France
Brother Anthony Ariniello is one of the most recognizable and intriguing figures to hit the streets of Rome in recent... Read more
Plans for Pope Pius XII museum revealed
A leading Italian politician is giving his support to plans for a museum in Rome to commemorate the memory of... Read more
Without God, man falls into idolatry, Pope warns
“When God disappears, man falls into the slavery of idolatry,” Pope Benedict XVI said at the June 15 General Audience... Read more
Pope given church replicas for 60th anniversary of priestly ordination
Pope Benedict XVI received replicas of the six most significant churches of his life to mark the 60th anniversary of... Read more
New evangelization must begin with the heart, Pope teaches
The effort to renew the evangelization of mankind begins in the human heart, Pope Benedict XVI told the clergy, religious... Read more
Vatican announces first winners of Ratzinger Prize
The first three winners of the inaugural Ratzinger Prize for Theology were announced June 14. Read more
Vatican daily: Embryonic stem cells only create false hope
Research demonstrates that embryonic stem cells are not an effective resource for treatment and create false hope for a cure,... Read more
Vatican explains teaching on illicit ordinations
The Vatican issued a statement June 6 explaining the Church’s teachings on bishops ordained without the Pope's approval. Read more
Business ethics is focus of upcoming Vatican summit
The ethics of finance will take center stage at the Vatican next week as business leaders from around the globe... Read more
Pentecost shows universality of the Church, Pope declares
Pentecost shows the Holy Spirit created the Catholic Church for all people, Pope Benedict said in his homily to mark... Read more
Monasticism studied at international conference in Rome
Christian monks once saved the cultural treasures of the western world from barbarian invasions, and now a major four-day conference... Read more
Pope welcomes the gypsies of Europe to the Vatican
Pope Benedict XVI welcomed over 2,000 gypsies to the Vatican June 11. They are converging on Rome this weekend to... Read more
Diplomats must have personal virtue, Pope says
Pope Benedict welcomed new students enrolled in the Vatican’s diplomat school on June 10, telling them that the foundation of... Read more
