Vatican News
Benedict XVI takes vacation in the mountains
After completing a string of international visits and issuing his third encyclical, Pope Benedict XVI left this morning for a... Read more
Technological 'absolutism’ could lead to ‘dark scenarios,’ Pope Benedict warns
Before Sunday’s Angelus prayer in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Benedict XVI reiterated the views expressed in his recently published social... Read more
CDF issues clarification on 'therapeutic' abortion after Brazil incident
Correcting confusion generated by the recent statement of a Vatican official, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF)... Read more
Pope and Obama discuss respect for life, economy and immigration
The Vatican has announced the topics discussed during U.S. President Barack Obama’s Friday afternoon audience with Pope Benedict XVI. The... Read more
Pope gives Obama 'unannounced' gift: Vatican document on right to life and bioethics
Pope Benedict XVI received President Barack Obama this afternoon in his private library, and after 36 minutes of private conversation,... Read more
Obama women tour Vatican grounds
Michelle Obama, accompanied by her mother, two daughters and personal assistant, was given a Vatican tour this afternoon as her... Read more
Holy Father recalls WYD 2008, discusses situation on Korean peninsula
This morning Pope Benedict recalled the joyful memories of World Youth Day in Sydney, Australia in a meeting with the... Read more
Pope Benedict reorganizes commission charged with reconciling SSPX
In a continued effort to work towards the “repair of all fractures and divisions within the Church,” Pope Benedict XVI... Read more
Economy needs to recover ethics and the 'logic of giving,' Pope explains
This morning in Rome, the Pope interrupted his series of teachings on the saints to explain the essential thoughts contained in... Read more
Benedict XVI explains gifts and limitations of free market economy
Pope Benedict XVI's highly anticipated social encyclical, titled “Love in Truth,” takes on the complex issue of what the global... Read more
Pope urges a new 'humanistic synthesis' to confront globalization
In his sweeping new encyclical published on Tuesday, Pope Benedict asserts that confronting the global challenges of today requires a... Read more
Pope highlights 'strong link' between life issues and social ethics in new encyclical
In his first social encyclical Caritas in veritate (Love in Truth), Pope Benedict XVI makes clear that social issues cannot... Read more
Pope defines real social development by drawing on Paul VI
Today Pope Benedict XVI delivered his encyclical “Caritas in veritate,” drawing heavily on Pope Paul VI's vision of real human... Read more
Pope calls for solidarity in facing economic crisis
On July 4, just days before his social encyclical is set to be released, Pope Benedict XVI sent a letter... Read more
Holy See's budget shortfall shrinks in 2008
The Council responsible for studying the Vatican’s finances announced over the weekend that the Holy See has reported a deficit... Read more
Pope opens restored Pauline Chapel
Only days after closing the Pauline Year, Pope Benedict XVI was able to preside at the re-opening of the Pauline... Read more
Pope Benedict decries bombing at Philippines cathedral
This morning in the Filipino town of Cotabato City, a bomb was detonated near the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception,... Read more
Christ answers world's bloodshed with sacrifice of his life, Pope teaches
Pope Benedict XVI dedicated his reflections before today's Angelus prayer to the Most Precious Blood of Jesus. Recalling that the... Read more
Twelve move closer to sainthood
Today the Holy Father authorized the Congregation for the Causes of Saints to publish decrees declaring miracles, martyrdom ot heroic... Read more
Vatican officials discuss findings from the sarcophagus of St. Paul
Today at the Vatican, Cardinal Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo, archpriest of the papal basilica of St. Paul's Outside-the-Walls, and... Read more
