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Cardinal Parolin defends China deal as Vatican prepares to renew agreement
Cardinal Pietro Parolin defended the Vatican’s controversial deal with China Saturday, saying that all recent popes sought such an agreement... Read more
Analysis: Vatican financial report stops short of questions on Peter’s Pence
The Vatican on Thursday published a 2019 financial report on the Holy See, citing calls for greater transparency in how... Read more
Carlo Acutis raises question: What does it mean if a saint's body is 'incorrupt'?
The opening of the tomb of Carlo Acutis in Assisi has sparked interest in the phenomenon of incorruptibility. But what... Read more
Vatican official tells UN: Women deserve better than abortion
A female Vatican official told the United Nations Thursday that resources that could be invested in basic healthcare, nutrition, and... Read more
Catholic diocese in Vietnam builds new seminary amid rising vocations
A diocese in northern Vietnam is expanding its seminary in response to an increasing number of priestly vocations. Read more
Be faithful to Christ, Pope Francis urges new Swiss Guard recruits
Pope Francis Friday met with the 38 new recruits of the Swiss Guard, who will be sworn-in Oct. 4, encouraging... Read more
Australian professor and French philosopher win Ratzinger Prize
An Australian professor and a French philosopher were named the winners of this year’s Ratzinger Prize Oct. 1. Read more
Tomb of Carlo Acutis is opened for veneration ahead of beatification
The tomb of Venerable Carlo Acutis was opened for public veneration Thursday ahead of the computer-programming teen’s beatification. Read more
Economy prefect says Vatican must be ‘a house of glass’ as 2019 figures released
The Vatican’s Secretariat for the Economy released the 2019 balance sheet for the Roman Curia Thursday. Read more
Pope Francis: St. Jerome gave ‘uncompromising witness to the truth’
Pope Francis Wednesday highlighted the life and figure of St. Jerome in an apostolic letter for the 1,600th anniversary of... Read more
Pope Francis recognizes miracle attributed to Italian laywoman who died in 1997
Pope Francis advanced the sainthood cause Tuesday of an Italian woman who died in 1997 after touching the lives of... Read more
Cardinal Pell arrives in Rome as financial scandal casts shadow over Vatican
Cardinal George Pell arrived in Rome Wednesday as financial scandals continue to cast a shadow over the Vatican. Read more
Pope Francis calls for new economic model to rebuild post-coronavirus world
Pope Francis called Wednesday for a new economic model to help rebuild the world after the coronavirus pandemic. Read more
Moneyval evaluation begins at Vatican
The Council of Europe’s anti-money laundering watchdog, Moneyval, began its two-week on-site inspection of the Holy See and Vatican City... Read more
Norway’s newest Catholic bishop is Cistercian monk Erik Varden
After 11 years, the Catholic Church in central Norway will have a bishop again. Read more
English Catholic bishops lament attacks on civilians in Cameroon
Catholic bishops in England appealed Monday for an end to human rights abuses in Cameroon. Read more
Catholics in Belarus ask St. Michael the Archangel’s intercession for end to crisis
Amid strife in their country, Catholics in Belarus held a Mass Tuesday with a revered statue of St. Michael the... Read more
Vatican official hails ‘positive’ results of China deal amid report that Holy See delegation is heading to Beijing
A Vatican official hailed the “positive” results of the Holy See’s provisional agreement with China Tuesday amid reports that a... Read more
Pope Francis names leading physicist to pontifical academy
Pope Francis appointed the director-general of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) Tuesday to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences. Read more
German cardinal issues stark warning about ‘Synodal Way’
A German cardinal issued a stark warning Saturday about his country’s controversial “Synodal Way.” Read more
