Vatican News
China’s foreign ministry: Vatican deal has been ‘implemented successfully’
A spokesman for China’s foreign ministry said Thursday that China’s interim deal with the Vatican has been “implemented successfully.” Read more
Vatican: Catholic schools facing 'dramatic situation' amid pandemic
Catholic educational institutions are facing a “dramatic situation” as a result of the coronavirus crisis, a Vatican dicastery said Thursday. Read more
Pope Francis: borders should be ‘windows,’ not barriers of division
Pope Francis appealed Thursday for a fundamental change in the way the world sees migration. Read more
Pope Francis: ‘Never again to the culture of abuse’
Pope Francis has written a prologue to a recently published book on sexual abuse in the Catholic Church entitled “Theology... Read more
Newly arrived American seminarians meet Pope Francis after travel quarantine
American seminarians met with Pope Francis this week after completing a 14-day mandatory quarantine upon their arrival in Rome. Read more
Italian Cardinal Zuppi urges renewal of adult faith formation after pandemic
The archbishop of Bologna, Cardinal Matteo Maria Zuppi, said he wants to renew adult faith formation in his archdiocese to... Read more
Pope Francis: Promote the common good to heal wounds of coronavirus crisis
The wounds inflicted by the coronavirus crisis will only be healed if we put the common good first, Pope Francis... Read more
How Pius XII treated Jewish orphans after World War II
Scholars of Pope Pius XII have countered claims that the wartime pope and the Catholic Church hierarchy were complicit in... Read more
Founder of Catholic religious order will be beatified in May
The Vatican has decreed that Fr. Francis Mary of the Cross Jordan, founder of the Salvatorians, will be beatified May... Read more
Pope Francis praises dialogue in conversations with agnostic Slow Food founder
A book publishing conversations between Pope Francis and Carlo Petrini, the founder of the Slow Food organization, highlights the pope’s... Read more
Attacks on French churches back to ‘normal’ level after lockdown, say young Catholics
Attacks on churches in France are back to their “normal” level following a nationwide lockdown, according to an organization led... Read more
Pope Francis pays tribute to ‘courageous’ cardinal who was close to St. John Paul II
Pope Francis paid tribute Monday to a cardinal whose life was intertwined with that of St. John Paul II. Read more
Pope Francis accepts resignation of Duluth Bishop-elect Michel Mulloy after abuse allegation
Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of the Bishop-elect of Duluth, Minnesota, Michel J. Mulloy, after an accusation that he... Read more
Pope Francis pleads with Catholics not to gossip
Pope Francis implored Catholics Sunday not to gossip about one another’s faults, but instead to follow Jesus’ directive on fraternal... Read more
Pope Francis to sign a new encyclical on human fraternity on Oct. 3
The Vatican announced Saturday that Pope Francis will sign the third encyclical of his pontificate in Assisi on Oct. 3. Read more
Cardinal Parolin in Lebanon: The Church, Pope Francis are with you after Beirut explosion
Cardinal Pietro Parolin told Lebanese Catholics at a Mass in Beirut Thursday that Pope Francis is close to them, and... Read more
Pope Francis: Economics should not ‘sacrifice human dignity to the idols of finance’
Pope Francis told heads of state and business leaders Friday that human dignity and “ecological conversion” ought to shape the... Read more
Pope Francis says Amazon synod was for discernment, not fighting on married priests
Pope Francis did not approve a proposal to ordain married men in the Amazon region because the idea was discussed,... Read more
Vatican official: Human fraternity is the Christian response to identity politics
The secretary of the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue has argued that as tribalism and identity politics increase, the... Read more
Pope Francis sends condolences after death of Cardinal Simonis
Pope Francis offered his condolences Thursday after Dutch Cardinal Adrianus Simonis died at the age of 88. Read more
