Today, Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger, archbishop of Paris, read a Message from Pope John Paul at a gathering of more than... Read more
At midday today, Holy See Press Office Director Joaquin Navarro-Valls made the following declaration concerning a communique released yesterday by... Read more
The Vatican’s L’Osservatore Romano singled out an Italian mother for her decision to forego medical treatment doctors said she needed... Read more
Today, in his general audience at the Vatican, the Holy Father spoke on the subject of "thanksgiving" basing his thoughts... Read more
Rita Federizzi has been compared with the much-loved and recently canonized St. Gianna Beretta Molla. Read more
Cardinal Walter Kasper, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, last night presided in the name of the... Read more
Yesterday evening in the Vatican Basilica Cardinal Secretary of State Angelo Sodano celebrated a Mass in the Pope's name for... Read more
Yesterday, the Holy See’s permanent observer to the United Nations, Archbishop Celestino Migliore participated in the UN General Assembly commemorating... Read more
On Wednesday, February 2nd, the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, the Holy Father will celebrate the 9th annual... Read more
This morning, the Pope received the first group of Spanish prelates who have just completed their "ad limina" visit. Read more
The Pope made public today his message for the 39th Day of Social Communications which is due to be held... Read more
Today at the Vatican, John Paul II received the Letters of Credence of Monique Patricia Antoinette Frank, the new ambassador... Read more
The Holy Father today received the rector, students, former students and superiors of the diocesan seminary of Rome, the "Almo... Read more
Following the news of the death of the Italian warrant officer Simone Cola in Nasiriya, Iraq, Cardinal Secretary of State... Read more
Before praying the midday Angelus today, the Pope reminded the thousands of faithful gathered in St Peter's Square that "the... Read more
The Pope expressed his joy this morning that the Pontifical Commission for Latin America, during the Year of the Eucharist,... Read more
Today the Holy Father reminded members of the Pontifical Council for Health Care Ministry, that the aim of the Council... Read more
Pope John Paul II, in liturgical memory of the virgin-martyr St. Agnes, whose feast is today and for whom the... Read more
A speech given by Archbishop Celestino Migliore to the United Nations General assembly was published today regarding relief efforts in... Read more
This morning, John Paul II called on participants of the General Chapter of the International Union of Families of Schoenstatt... Read more