Vatican News
Divine Mercy is no ‘secondary devotion’ but an integral dimension of Christian faith, prayer, says Pope
Over 50,000 people gathered a the Vatican yesterday for the celebration of Divine Mercy Sunday, which Pope Benedict called an... Read more
Vatican office clarifies: teaching on condoms and AIDS will not change
An official from the Pontifical Council for Health and Pastoral Care, presided by Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragán, made it clear... Read more
Archbishop Lajolo: Church cannot stay out of public square when rights of mankind, religious freedoms are in question
Archbishop Giovanni Lajolo, the Vatican’s secretary for Relations with States, granted an interview with the Indonesian newspaper ‘Kompas’ this week,... Read more
Pope appoints Santo Domingo Cardinal to represent him at St. Toribio celebration
The Vatican has announced that Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopex Rodriguez, Archbishop of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic will... Read more
Vatican officials announce plans to celebrate 500th anniversary of St. Peter’s Basilica
As the Church begins its celebrations for the 500th birthday of the largest church in the Christian world, Vatican officials... Read more
Italian Catholic writer analyses Benedict XVI style on first anniversary.
As Pope Benedict celebrates a year of pontificate, Italian Catholic writer Vittorio Messori made a thorough depiction of what he... Read more
Life doesn't start at conception, but after says Cardinal Martini in dialogue with bio-ethicist
Italian Vatican analyst Sandro Magister is releasing a long dialogue Cardinal Martini sustained with Ignazio Marino, famous Italian bio-ethicist, and... Read more
Pope Benedict firmly condemns Tel-Aviv bombing
Earlier today, Pope Benedict XVI expressed his "firmest condemnation" of Monday's suicide bombing in Tel Aviv, praying that relations between... Read more
‘Pray to God to allow me to be a meek and steady pastor of his Church’, asks Pope on first anniversary of election
Gathered with more than 60,000 pilgrims in Saint Peters square today, Pope Benedict celebrated the one year anniversary of being... Read more
Church celebrates 500th Birthday of St. Peter’s Basilica
Yesterday, the Catholic Church began celebrations for the 500th anniversary of the largest church in Christendom--St. Peter’s Basilica. Construction on... Read more
More than 4 million attended papal audiences, celebrations during first year of Benedict’s pontificate.
Today, the Vatican’s Prefecture of the Pontifical Household released attendance figures for Pope Benedict XVI’s General Audiences, held each Wednesday,... Read more
On first Easter Mass, Pope Benedict calls for peace in Iraq, Holy Land, resolution of nuclear crises
As Pope Benedict XVI yesterday celebrated his first Easter Mass since becoming pontiff last year, he called for a peaceful... Read more
Pope calls Catholics to be like ‘living stones to build the Holy Church’
Today, Pope Benedict prayed the Easter Marian prayer, the “Regina Caeli”, from his residence of Castelgandolfo, where he invited the... Read more
Benedict XVI gives 'Urbi et Orbi' blessing, calling humanity not to have fear
After presiding over Easter Sunday Mass yesterday at Saint Peters Square, Pope Benedict gave his message “Urbi et Orbi”, (to... Read more
Benedict XVI gives “Urbi et Orbi” blessing, calling humanity not to have fear of the Risen One.
After presiding over the Sunday Mass of the Resurrection celebrated this morning on Saint Peters Square, Pope Benedict gave his... Read more
Jesus broke the definitiveness of death, says Pope during Easter Vigil
Tonight at ten o’clock, The Holy Father Benedict XVI presided in the Patriarcal Basílica of Saint Peters, over the Solemn... Read more
On the Cross we contemplate that God is Love, says Vatican Preacher
Today, Benedict XVI presided over the celebration of the office of the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ and the... Read more
Thousands contemplate the saving power of the Cross during Way of the Cross in Rome
This Good Friday at night, the Roman Coliseum, the place where numerous Christians suffered martyrdom in the first centuries of the Church, became... Read more
Benedict XVI: The Priest is a friend of Jesus and a man of prayer
Celebrating today the chrism Mass in the Basílica of Saint Peters, Pope Benedict said that “the nucleous of the priesthood is to... Read more
God's unending love elevates us to God’s heights, says Pope
Among thousands of pilgrims gathered on Holy Thursday in the Basilica of Saint John Lateran, Pope Benedict XVI presided over the Mass... Read more
