These are the latest news about Pope Francis, the Vatican, and the Catholic Church, provided by the Vatican staff of Catholic News Agency, a service of EWTN News.
Christians are called to not only refrain from telling falsehoods, but to conduct their entire lives – both words and... Read more
Pope Francis told a group of scientists Monday to use their knowledge for the benefit of all humanity, especially at... Read more
The bells of St. Peter’s Basilica rang out in unison with thousands of other church bells around the world Sunday... Read more
Pope Francis and the Assyrian Patriarch Mar Gewargis III have pledged ecumenical unity in support of persecuted Christians in the... Read more
Catholic journalists should be guided not by despair and negativity, but by a commitment to sharing the beauty of the... Read more
“If there is hunger on earth, it is not because food is missing!” Pope Francis said in St. Peter’s Square... Read more
Pope Francis strongly condemned anti-Semitism, recalling the living memory of the Holocaust in Europe, during a meeting with rabbis at... Read more
“I pray for the victims, pilgrims killed just because they are Christians, and I ask Holy Mary to console their... Read more
Nine cardinals and 154 bishops have died since November 2017, including Cardinal Bernard Law, the former archbishop of Boston, and... Read more
If a Christian wants to reach heaven, he or she should ask themselves if they are living for the pleasures... Read more
Faithful married love, in which a husband loves his wife like Christ loves the Church, is “revolutionary,” Pope Francis said... Read more
The fifteenth ordinary general session of the Synod of Bishops closed on Saturday. After a long afternoon of voting by... Read more
If one’s work as a Catholic is not united to Christ Jesus, it is no longer the “mission” to which... Read more
Among the most debated paragraphs of the final document from the Synod of Bishops on young people, faith, and vocational... Read more
The 167 paragraph text on young people, the faith, and vocational discernment was voted on paragraph by paragraph Saturday, following... Read more
“May the The Most High welcome the dead in his peace, comfort their families and support the wounded,” Pope Francis... Read more
In a letter read out at the synod closing Mass, bishops wrote to young people “our frailties and sins must... Read more
The final document of the Synod of Bishop’s fifteenth general session was approved by the members and released late Saturday.... Read more
The prevention of sex abuse and abuse in all its forms is a topic of the 2018 Synod of Bishops’... Read more
The recent agreement between the Vatican and China is a step towards the “annihilation” of the Catholic Church in China,... Read more