Articles by Matthew Santucci
Pope Francis opens Vatican’s Judicial Year, has aide read speech due to ‘bronchitis’
Mar 2, 2024 / 10:42 amThe pope’s remarks to the Vatican magistrates highlighted the virtue of courage, which he observed was at the very center of justice.
Pope Francis to the world’s children: ‘If we really want to be happy, we need to pray’
Mar 2, 2024 / 10:16 amThe pope asked children to pray the Lord’s Prayer “every morning and every evening, in your families too, together with your parents, brothers, sisters, and grandparents.”
Pope Francis meets FSSP head, confirms right to celebrate the Traditional Latin Mass
Mar 1, 2024 / 13:45 pmThe private meeting between the pope and Father Andrzej Komorowski came at the invitation of Pope Francis and followed a request from the FSSP.
Pope Francis: ‘Today the ugliest danger is gender ideology’
Mar 1, 2024 / 10:00 am“It is very important that there is this meeting, this meeting between men and women,” the pope told an assembly at the Vatican.
Pope Francis appoints new archbishop of historic French archdiocese following resignations
Feb 28, 2024 / 12:46 pmThe Holy See Press Office announced on Wednesday the appointment of 66-year-old Pascal Delannoy as the bishopric’s new archbishop.
Pope Francis calls for prayers, sends condolences to Muslims, Christians killed in Burkina Faso
Feb 28, 2024 / 12:01 pm“We pray for the victims of the recent attacks on places of worship in Burkina Faso,” a papal aide read on behalf of the Holy Father during his Wednesday general audience.
Pope Francis, weakened by ‘a bit of a cold,’ has aide read reflection before hospital visit
Feb 28, 2024 / 07:44 amThe pope did not walk to his chair in the Paul VI Audience Hall on Wednesday as he normally does.
Indian Cardinal Ferrão to head Asian bishops’ conference amid Church’s continued growth
Feb 26, 2024 / 16:30 pmDespite a sharp decline in Church membership in Western Europe and North America, the Church in Asia has experienced continued growth.
Pope Francis cancels Monday audiences due to persisting ‘mild flu’ symptoms
Feb 26, 2024 / 06:09 amThe Monday morning telegram sent out by the Vatican noted that while the pope’s “mild flu symptoms persist,” he did not have a fever.
Pope Francis accepts resignation of Polish archbishop accused of ignoring abuse
Feb 26, 2024 / 00:01 amChurch authorities did not provide a reason for the resignation of Archbishop Andrzej Dzięga, which was announced Feb. 24.
Pope Francis, recovering from ‘mild flu,’ renews call for peace in Ukraine
Feb 25, 2024 / 09:55 amPope Francis appeared in good form during his Angelus address, marking the the Ukraine war’s second anniversary and reflecting on the Transfiguration.
Pope Francis erects new diocese, names bishop in West African country of Guinea
Feb 23, 2024 / 13:40 pmPope Francis on Thursday erected the new Diocese of Boké in the West African country of Guinea.
Australian bishop Christopher Saunders arrested, charged with rape
Feb 22, 2024 / 16:10 pmThe charges came after the Vatican turned over to civil authorities its findings on allegations that Christopher Saunders abused vulnerable young men.
Two of Father Rupnik’s alleged victims speak publicly for the first time
Feb 21, 2024 / 17:43 pmThe two former religious sisters detailed the tactics the former Jesuit allegedly used to manipulate them.
Haitian bishop in ‘stable’ condition after explosion in Port-au-Prince
Feb 20, 2024 / 12:00 pmBishop Pierre-André Dumas was injured in an explosion in Haiti’s capital on Feb. 18.
Rome to host 7th Day of the Catacombs, opportunity to reflect on early Christians
Feb 19, 2024 / 13:50 pmRome’s catacombs will be open to the public for free guided tours and moments of prayer and reflection on Saturday, March 2.
PHOTOS: Cardinal Rugambwa takes possession of Rome’s ‘Church of the Artists’
Feb 19, 2024 / 12:30 pmThe cardinal was joined by priests from the Diocese of Rome as well as by senior prelates.
Pope Francis: Lent is a time to ‘encounter wild beasts and angels’
Feb 18, 2024 / 10:30 amOn the first Sunday of Lent, Pope Francis focused his Angelus address on the temptation of Jesus in the desert.
Cardinal Zen publishes new critique of Synod on Synodality
Feb 16, 2024 / 16:30 pmThe bishop emeritus of Hong Kong warns that the synod’s vision of the Church “can change everything, the doctrine of faith and the discipline of moral life.”
Israeli embassy criticizes Cardinal Parolin’s remarks on civilian death toll in Gaza
Feb 15, 2024 / 16:05 pmThe Embassy of Israel to the Holy See this week issued a sharp rebuke of Cardinal Pietro Parolin’s recent remarks on the civilian death toll in the Israel-Hamas war.