Vatican News
'Thriller' makes Vatican list of top 10 albums
The Holy See's newspaper has released its picks for the "top ten" albums "to take to a desert island." Among... Read more
Vatican spokesman: Pope has not received letter from Academy for Life members
A statement written and released this week by members of the Pontifical Academy for Life against the actions of their... Read more
Canada, Poland and Australia among nations to have new saints
A half dozen Catholics will officially join the ranks of the Church's canonized saints this autumn. Pope Benedict XVI and... Read more
Italian bishop defends Cardinal Bertone from newspaper attack
Il Foglio, a politically influential Italian newspaper, published an article criticizing Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone last Saturday.... Read more
'Priestly vocation' to be focus of Vatican retreat
On Sunday, February 21, the annual spiritual exercises for Pope Benedict and Roman Curia will begin at the Vatican's Redemptoris... Read more
Benedict XVI calls priests to protect communion between God and man
Pope Benedict hosted priests from the Diocese of Rome in the Vatican's Benediction Hall on Thursday morning for a "lectio... Read more
We must follow Jesus into the Lenten desert, Pope says on Ash Wednesday
In his homily at the Basilica of Saint Sabina on Ash Wednesday, the Holy Father spoke about returning to the... Read more
Daily conversion frees and saves, Pope declares as Lent begins
The Holy Father dedicated the General Audience on Wednesday in the Paul VI Hall to the significance of the Lenten... Read more
Carnival turns to Lent in Rome
Following a multitude of carnival celebrations in Rome, the city began the Lenten season today with Ash Wednesday. Among the... Read more
Series from Vatican secret archives on Pius XII going digital
In cooperation with the Vatican, the Pave the Way Foundation will soon publish online twelve volumes of World War II... Read more
Witness of priests and religious key to increasing vocations, Pope asserts
Pope Benedict released his message for the 47th World Day of Prayer for Vocations on Tuesday. The message, written on... Read more
Ecumenical symposium working towards 'full and visible communion' meets
A symposium was held in Rome last week to discuss issues presented in a recently released book on "important questions... Read more
Irish bishops must be humble and trust God, says Cardinal Bertone before summit
The highly anticipated meetings between the bishops of Ireland, the Holy Father and leaders of Vatican congregations began on Monday morning.... Read more
State is not source and beginning of ethics, Pope tells Pontifical Academy for Life
On Saturday Pope Benedict XVI addressed members of the Pontifical Academy for Life on the occasion of their general assembly.... Read more
Pope Benedict tells Rome's homeless that the Church ‘will not abandon you’
The Holy Father paid a visit to the homeless shelter at Rome's central Termini Station on Sunday morning along with... Read more
Beatitudes provide 'new horizon of justice,' teaches Pope at Angelus
The Holy Father followed a visit to the Caritas homeless shelter in Rome on Sunday morning with the traditional midday... Read more
Pope tells Rome's seminarians to apply missionary ‘dynamism’ to faith life
Pope Benedict XVI visited the Major Roman Seminary at St. John Lateran on Friday evening for prayer and dinner to... Read more
Healthy families aid vocations, Pope advises Eastern European bishops
"The blossoming of priestly and religious vocations depends in good part on the moral and religious health of the Christian... Read more
Holy Father to preside over Ash Wednesday services
The Holy See has confirmed that on Ash Wednesday, Benedict XVI will preside over a moment of prayer at the... Read more
Relics of St. Bernadette brought to St. Peter's by 5,000 pilgrims
On Thursday evening five thousand people with illnesses, supported by volunteers, family and friends, processed the half-mile from Castel Sant'Angelo,... Read more
