Clergy and Italian government officials will be gathering this evening in Rome for a symposium to discuss Pope Benedict's new... Read more
In response to criticism in the Italian press of the small operation performed on Pope Benedict XVI to repair a... Read more
L’Osservatore Romano published a series of articles today commemorating the 40th anniversary of the first lunar landing on July 20,... Read more
The Italian technology firm Olivetti has given Pope Benedict XVI a top-of-the-line laptop computer to help him continue writing the second part... Read more
This past Friday, Cardinal Jean Margeot, 93, passed away in Maritius, an island located east of Madagascar in the Indian... Read more
In the first public outing of his current vacation in Les Combes, Pope Benedict XVI told 9,000 faithful gathered in... Read more
Only three days into his vacation near the Italian mountain town of Aosta, Pope Benedict XVI fell last night at his chalet... Read more
Vatican Radio has announced the details of Pope Benedict XVI’s upcoming visits to the Italian towns of Viterbo and Bagnoreggio... Read more
Pope Benedict mourned the lives lost in yesterday’s Iranian plane crash in a telegram addressed the country’s apostolic nuncio, Archbishop... Read more
Following the example of other museums in Europe, the Vatican Museum will stay open to the public late into the... Read more
Bishop Giuseppe Anfossi has revealed details about Pope Benedict XVI’s vacation in the Italian town of Aosta and said the... Read more
Two days after Pope Benedict XVI released his new social encyclical, Archbishop Silvano Tomasi spoke to the U.N.'s Economic and... Read more
At the conclusion of their Plenary Assembly, the Bishops’ Conference of Venezuela issued several statements underscoring the urgent need for... Read more
On Saturday Pope Benedict XVI addressed over 1,100 university students about missionary efforts at universities. Encouraging them to bear witness... Read more
After completing a string of international visits and issuing his third encyclical, Pope Benedict XVI left this morning for a... Read more
Before Sunday’s Angelus prayer in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Benedict XVI reiterated the views expressed in his recently published social... Read more
Correcting confusion generated by the recent statement of a Vatican official, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF)... Read more
The Vatican has announced the topics discussed during U.S. President Barack Obama’s Friday afternoon audience with Pope Benedict XVI. The... Read more
Pope Benedict XVI received President Barack Obama this afternoon in his private library, and after 36 minutes of private conversation,... Read more
Michelle Obama, accompanied by her mother, two daughters and personal assistant, was given a Vatican tour this afternoon as her... Read more