Vatican News
Pope addresses vocation crisis, lack of faith in Church; says ‘suffering is the way to transformation’
On Monday, Pope Benedict met with clergy of the diocese of Aosta, Italy, where he just finished his summer vacation... Read more
Pope Benedict calls situation of divorced Catholics who have remarried ‘particularly painful’
Speaking to clergy of the Diocese of Aosta, Italy on Monday, Pope Benedict addressed the difficult question of divorced Catholics... Read more
Benedict XVI vacation dedicated to pray for world peace comes to an end
On the first hundred days as the Catholic Church Pontiff, Pope Benedict XVI completes a vacation time dedicated to pray... Read more
Populorum Progressio launches 212 projects aimed at caring for the poor, building up the Church
Last week in Lima, Peru, the administrative arm of the "Populorum Progressio" Foundation concluded its annual meeting, announcing 212 new... Read more
Vatican calls Israeli criticism of Pope unfounded, says attacks were included in statement
The Vatican reacted yesterday to harsh criticism from Israel over a claim that they were deliberately ignored by the Pope... Read more
Pope calls attacks on Egypt ‘senseless’; calls on terrorists to renounce violence
On Saturday, Pope Benedict XVI condemned Friday night’s terrorist attacks, which rocked the Egyptian Red Sea resort town of Sharm... Read more
Pope says terror attacks cannot be defined as anti-Christian
Following a meeting with priests and deacons of Italy’s Valle d’Aosta region, where he is currently vacationing, Pope Benedict told... Read more
Deep history, tradition surrounds miraculous Feast St. Mary Major Basilica
On August 4th and 5th, numerous Vatican prelates and throngs of faithful will be on hand at the Basilica of... Read more
Pope meets the press, calls fervent prayers for peace best way to combat terrorism
Yesterday, on the eve of the two week anniversary of the London blasts which killed 56 commuters, and in light... Read more
Full schedule awaits Pope in Cologne
Earlier today, the Vatican released Pope Benedict’s official schedule for his August trip to Cologne, Germany for the 20th World... Read more
Cardinal Sodano warns that tourism must respect persons and cultures
In a letter sent in the name of the Holy Father to Cardinal Stephen Fumio Hamao, president of the Pontifical... Read more
Cologne to ‘witness a great sign of hope’ as WYD preparations enter home stretch
In 1997, Pope John Paul II told Cologne’s Cardinal Joachim Meisner that he thought it appropriate “that one of the... Read more
Vatican condemns vaccines derived from aborted fetuses, puts onus on pharma
In a recent document, the Vatican has condemned the production and use of vaccines derived from aborted fetal cell lines. Read more
Pope extends prayer, consolation to Romanian flood victims
In a letter to Romania’s Archbishop Jean-Claude Perisset, Pope Benedict XVI expressed his grief and fervent prayers for the floods... Read more
Pope calls vacations a necessary time for rest in body and spirit
During his noontime Angelus prayer yesterday, temporarily being held at his vacation spot in Les Combes, in Italy’s northern alps,... Read more
Pope Benedict joins young people ‘spiritually on the march’ for WYD in Cologne
Pope Benedict XVI prayed his traditional Sunday angelus while vacationing in the Italian alps yesterday, and excitedly told young people... Read more
Pope expressed horror, consolation to victims of Turkish blast
Following a deadly bomb attack in the resort city of Kusadasi, Turkey on Saturday, Cardinal Angelo Sodano, Vatican Secretary of... Read more
Navarro-Valls gives inside look at Pope’s vacation
Yesterday, during an informal meeting, Holy See Press Office Director Joaquin Navarro-Valls gave journalists an inside look at the day-to-day... Read more
Italian Bishop murdered in Kenya; police, Vatican still asking why?
The Vatican has announced that Bishop Luigi Locati, Apostolic vicar of Isiolo (Kenya) was shot dead as he returned home... Read more
Pope joins Londoners in two minutes of silence honoring bombing victims
Pope Benedict XVI joined millions of Londoners today who, during the morning commute observed two minutes of silence to mark... Read more
