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Judge orders psychiatric treatment for man who forcibly entered Vatican

May 19, 2023

By Hannah Brockhaus

The man was taken into Vatican custody on the night of May 18 after driving a car at high speed... Read more

Pope Francis with new Swiss Guard recruits in the Vatican’s Clementine Hall on May 6, 2022.

Pope Francis encourages new Swiss Guard recruits ‘to grow as Christians’

May 6, 2022

By CNA Staff

Thirty-six new recruits will be sworn in today. Read more

The Vatican Christmas Cookbook.

Former Swiss Guard releases Catholic Christmas cookbook

Oct 27, 2020

A new cookbook offers recipes, some more than 1,000 years old, that have been served at the Vatican during the... Read more

Pope Francis at the General Audience in St. Peter's Square on Sept. 20, 2017.

Love of neighbor must begin with love of God, Pope Francis says

Sep 25, 2017

By Hannah Brockhaus

On Monday, Pope Francis spoke to benefactors of the Vatican Swiss Guard about love of neighbor, which he said must... Read more

New Swiss Guards are sworn in at the Vatican May 6, 2017.

The Swiss Guard is more than an army – it's a school of faith

May 6, 2017

By Elise Harris

As 40 new Swiss Guards take an oath to defend and protect Pope Francis, their commander has emphasized that their... Read more

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Cardinal Baldassare Reina ceremonially pushes open the Holy Door at St. John Lateran on Dec. 29, 2024.

Lateran Holy Door opens as Rome’s jubilee journey continues

Pope Francis waves at pilgrims and visitors gathered for the Angelus on Dec. 29, 2024, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican.

Pope Francis: Family dialogue defeats digital distraction

Pope Francis prays during his general audience on Wednesday, May 29, 2024, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican.

Pope Francis prays for South Korea air crash victims and families

Procession for the final Mass at the SEEK conference Jan. 5, 2024, in St. Louis.

‘Follow Me’ SEEK conference to debut satellite event in Washington, D.C. 

The skull of St. Jean de Brebeuf will visit Vancouver for the first time ever, along with his fellow Canadian Martyrs St. Charles Garnier and St. Gabriel Lalemant, and Lily of the Mohawk St. Kateri Tekakwitha.

Relics of Canadian Martyrs will tour western Canada for jubilee year

Pope Francis arrives in East Timor on Sept. 9, 2024.

Pope Francis’ 2024 travels: historic visits to Southeast Asia, Oceania, Belgium, and Corsica

Pope Francis leads the Angelus prayer and gives an address from the chapel of Casa Santa Marta on Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024, at the Vatican.

Pope Francis: How to be ‘pilgrims of hope’ during 2025 Jubilee Year

Councillor Robert Rigby will become a knight of St. Gregory in 2025. The news came as a shock to the lord mayor, who told CNA: “It’s a wonderful honor. I’m rather blown over by the whole thing. I didn’t ever expect anything like this.”

Lord mayor of Westminster to receive papal knighthood, highest honor for lay Catholics

St. Benedict Classical Academy in Natick, Massachusetts, on its opening day, Dec. 2, 2024.

Massachusetts Catholic school expands with $20 million classical-inspired building

Recently arrived seminarians in Burkina Faso with new cassocks.

Priestly vocations are up in Burkina Faso despite Islamic terrorism

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