Vatican News
Vatican, in light of Schivo death, calls for a 'greater defense of life'
Yesterday evening, the Vatican weighed in on the death of brain-damaged Terri Schiavo, who died yesterday morning following a two-week... Read more
Pope prays for Christians to dedicate Sundays to love of God and neighbor
Today, the Vatican announced Pope John Paul's general prayer and mission intentions for the month of April. Read more
Pope appoints New York-born Priest as New Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand
Today, Pope John Paul II has appointed Msgr. Charles Daniel Balvo, counselor to the apostolic nunciature in Lithuania, as the... Read more
Vatican announces Pope is unconscious but not dead, Rosary being held at St. Peter’s Square
The Vatican has officially announced that the Pope John Paul II’s blood pressure has dramatically dropped and he is now... Read more
Vatican Biblical Commission to discuss connection between Bible and Morality
Next week, members of the Pontifical Biblical Commission will gather in Vatican City to explore the relationship between the Bible... Read more
Significant Vatican painting finds new home on stamp
The Vatican has announced that next week, it will issue a set of four stamps featuring details of one of... Read more
Pope receives feeding tube, Vatican calls recovery 'slow and progressive'
Amid much speculation by worldwide media as to John Paul II's true condition following last month's tracheotomy surgery, Joaquin Navarro-Valls,... Read more
Pope tries to speak but gives silent blessing to crowd in St. Peter's Square
Pope John Paul II greeted thousands of pilgrims gathered in St. Peter's Square this morning with a brief appearance and... Read more
Italian press reports doctors want to submit Pope to more analysis
Doctors from the Gemelli Hospital in Rome, where Pope John Paul II underwent a tracheotomy, want the Pope to return... Read more
Pope skips Easter Monday blessing
Thousand of Pilgrims at St. Peter Square were disappointed this morning when Pope John Paul failed to appear at his... Read more
Thousands receive emotional Easter blessing from Pope unable to speak
Tens of thousands from around the world gathered for the solemn Easter mass in St. Peter's Square this morning to... Read more
Pope sends Easter plea for conversion, peace, freedom and justice
In his Easter message read this morning by Cardinal Angelo Sodano, Secretary of State, at the Vatican, Pope John Paul offered an... Read more
In Easter message, Pope calls faithful to bear witness of love of Christ to the world
In an emotional Easter message, read at the beginning of the Easter Vigil celebrated in St. Peter’s Basilica by Cardinal... Read more
During Easter Vigil Cardinal Ratzinger calls on Christians to have the courage to defend the faith
During the celebration of the Easter Vigil, which included the reading of a message from Pope John Paul II, Cardinal... Read more
Cardinal Ratzinger's 'Way of the Cross' to probe Eucharistic mystery in today's life
Cardinal Camillo Ruini, the Popes’s Vicar to the City of rome, will replace the Holy Father at leading throngs of... Read more
Eucharist only hope for a world that mocks God, says Pontifical preacher
During the celebration of the Lord's Passion, the Preacher of the Papal Household, Father Raniero Cantalamessa recalled that the Eucharist,... Read more
In emotional message Pope offers sufferings for the Church
At the beginning of the traditional Good Friday Way of the Cross, Cardinal Camillo Ruini, Vicar for the Diocese of... Read more
Cardinal Re thanks Pope for his "serene abandonment to God" and calls for renewal in priesthood
Holy Thursday celebrations began today at the Vatican with the Chrism Mass celebrated by Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, Prefect of... Read more
'I am spiritually with you,' says Pope in Holy Thursday message
In a message that was both poignant and reassuring, Pope John Paul II told the faithful that he was "spiritually... Read more
Cardinal Lopez Trujillo: Eucharist is oxygen for the Church
The celebration and proclamation of the Eucharist and the Pascal Mystery are like oxygen for the whole Church and continually... Read more
