Vatican News
Pope gives advice on the ‘educational emergency’
A letter from the Pope to Catholic administrators, teachers, parents and students was made public today regarding the vital importance... Read more
Pope breaks away from teachings on St. Augustine to focus on Christian unity
Pope Benedict XVI interrupted his catechesis on the Church Fathers this morning to address the theme of Christian Unity at... Read more
Upcoming congress to focus on Code of Canon Law
The Vatican held a press conference today to present the upcoming congress theme: “Canon Law in the Life of the... Read more
Pauline Year to be ecumenical and full of cultural events
As was announced last week, the Press Office of the Holy See released the schedule for the year dedicated to... Read more
Catholic universities must present the faith, not give in to cultural trends, exhorts Pope
Today the Pope received participants of the plenary assembly of the Congregation for Catholic Education and advised them that in... Read more
Benedict XVI meets with presidents of Togo and East Timor
In the past few days, the Holy Father has been engaged in diplomatic meetings with the presidents of the Republic... Read more
Pope names St. Paul as the “patron” of the Synod on Holy Scripture
Upon receiving the participants of the Sixth Ordinary Council of the General Secretariat of the Synod, who are preparing for... Read more
Lambs blessed by Benedict XVI on feast of St. Agnes
This morning in the Vatican's Apostolic Palace, in keeping with the tradition for today's feast of St. Agnes, the Pope... Read more
Runaway archbishop publishes autobiography
Archbishop Emmanuel Milingo, the former chief prelate of the Catholic Church in Zambia who was excommunicated after marrying and attempting... Read more
Hundreds of thousands crowd St. Peter’s Square in support of Pope Benedict
Droves of Italians flocked to St. Peter’s Square this morning to give Pope Benedict XVI the welcome he was denied... Read more
"Never grow tired of praying for Christian unity", Pope tells crowd
After greeting a throng of some 200,000 people who came to St. Peter’s Square to prayerfully support Pope Benedict, the... Read more
Spaniard Adolfo Nicolás elected new Superior General of the Jesuits
Pope Benedict XVI gave his consent on Saturday to the election of the Spanish Jesuit Adolfo Nicolás as the new... Read more
Vatican museum tickets will be for sale online
The governor of the Vatican City State, Cardinal Giovanni Lajolo, has announced that starting June 1, tickets for the Vatican... Read more
Prayers for Jews might be removed from 1962 Missal
According to Andrea Tornielli, the Vatican expert of the Italian daily "Il Giornale", Pope Benedict could soon approve a change... Read more
Prayer is the royal door of ecumenism, Pope Benedict tells Finns
This morning, Benedict XVI received an ecumenical delegation from Finland for the Feast of St. Henry, their country’s patron saint,... Read more
Sunday will be a moment of prayer not demonstration, Card. Ruini says
The convocation of Catholic Romans to attend next Sunday's Angelus at St. Peter's square in support of Pope Benedict will... Read more
Vatican daily reveals details of baptisms of 13 children celebrated by Pope
"Sveva, Filippo Maria, Elena, Tommaso, Luca, Leonardo Pio Giovanni Paolo, Caterina, Marika, Leonardo, Melanie, Sofia, Anita, Sara: they are all... Read more
Vatican Secretary of State explains reasons for canceling La Sapienza speech
On Wednesday, the rector of La Sapienza University received a letter from the Vatican’s Secretary of State, Tarcisio Bertone, explaining... Read more
Schedule for the Pauline year to be released next Monday
On Monday January 21, the Holy See’s press office will release the schedule of activities for the Pauline year, convened... Read more
The Pope's speech that a minority of students rejected
The disclosure of the Pope's speech that he intended to give at La Sapienza, brings with it an ironic twist.... Read more
