Vatican News
Pope plans to reach youth with Facebook profile and website
The president of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, Archbishop Claudio Maria Celli, announced on Thursday the launching of a... Read more
Pope calls for Internet evangelists
Pope Benedict XVI is calling upon young people to evangelize using the Internet as the Church prepares to celebrate the... Read more
Pope Benedict looks for resurrection of the Holy Land
At his Wednesday general audience, Pope Benedict XVI recalled his recent trip to the Holy Land. He told the 20,000 pilgrims... Read more
Pope's social encyclical may finally see light of day in June
The first social encyclical of Pope Benedict XVI, which will probably be called "Veritas in caritate" (Truth in Charity), appears... Read more
Vatican joins worldwide celebration of books
A celebration of books called the World Book and Copyright Day was held on April 23, and to mark the... Read more
Poland's president meets with Pope, invites him to visit
Poland's President Lech Kaczynski met with Pope Benedict XVI on Monday evening at the Vatican to discuss issues of mutual... Read more
Vatican newspaper praises and criticizes Obama in two separate news stories
Today the daily edition of L'Osservatore Romano provided two different stories related to President Obama, one slightly positive on his... Read more
Pope Benedict gives thanks for pilgrimage to Holy Land
On a warm spring day, Pope Benedict XVI met with tens of thousands of pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square... Read more
Vatican analyst underscores ‘surprising originality’ of Pope in Holy Land
In his latest column, Italian Vatican analyst Sandro Magister underscores the “double surprise” that Pope Benedict XVI caused on the... Read more
Holy Father to grant plenary indulgences for the Year of Priests
The Vatican has announced that during the Year for Priests, which will run June 19, 2009 – June 19, 2010,... Read more
Holy Father addresses inter-religious dialogue, decline of Christians in Holy Land with reporters
On Friday, during Pope Benedict’s flight from Rome to Amman, Jordan, he briefly answered questions from journalists accompanying him on... Read more
Obama is both ‘Angel and Demon’ at the Vatican, Magister says
In an article published this morning, Italian Vatican analyst Sandro Magister notes that, while L'Osservatore Romano has praised Barack Obama... Read more
Pope Benedict XVI to offer prayers in Bethlehem for children of Gaza
During his apostolic trip to the Holy Land, Pope Benedict XVI will offer special prayers for the children of the... Read more
Benedict XVI explains how the love of Christ brings universality and solidarity to the Church
This morning, Pope Benedict met with the 32 Swiss Guards who were sworn in as members of the corps yesterday.... Read more
Bishop Quinn to lead Diocese of Winona
Today Pope Benedict accepted the resignation of Bishop Harrington from his post as Bishop of Winona. Harrington, who served the... Read more
President of El Salvador meets with Holy Father, discusses social concerns
This morning Pope Benedict met with Elias Antonio Saca Gonzalez, president of the Republic of El Salvador discussing the countries... Read more
Pope Benedict explains veneration of images before heading to Holy Land
Days before he heads to the Holy Land, Pope Benedict taught the crowd of 20,000 at his weekly General Audience... Read more
Pope greets doctors, prays for peace in the Holy Land
Pope Benedict gave a special greeting to the Catholic doctors present at today’s general audience and addressed those living in... Read more
Father Lombardi asks faithful to pray for Pope’s visit to Holy Land
In his editorial last Saturday, the Director of the Holy See’s Press Office, Father Federico Lombardi, encouraged the faithful to... Read more
Church Office of Statistics publishes latest data on the Holy Land
Pope Benedict will begin his trip to the Holy Land this Friday. In anticipation of the visit, the Central Statistical... Read more
