Vatican City: In a message to the Medjugorje Youth Festival on August 2, Pope Francis told young Catholics that Christ’s loving gaze can free them from attraction to idols. “Have the courage to live your youth by entrusting yourselves to the Lord and setting out on a journey with him,”Continue Reading
Vatican City: Pope Francis will stay longer in hospital to recover from a surgery on his colon, the Vatican said on July 12. Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said on July 12 that the pope would remain at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital for “a few more days” before being discharged, “to optimizeContinue Reading
Vatican City: Pope Francis on June 22 appointed 12 new members of the Vatican’s highest court, the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, including Cardinal Joseph Tobin of Newark. American Cardinal James Harvey, archpriest of the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls, and Bishop Mark Bartchak of the DioceseContinue Reading
Vatican City: Pope Francis has expressed his condolences after three people were killed in an attack on a United Nations convoy traveling in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Luca Attanasio, the Italian ambassador to Congo, died of his wounds from the attack. Vittorio Iacovacci, an Italian Carabinieri officer, and MoustaphaContinue Reading
Vatican City: The Vatican began on Jan 20 vaccinating homeless people in its care against Covid-19. The Holy See press office said on Jan. 20 that an initial group of around 25 homeless people had received the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine in the atrium of the Paul VIContinue Reading
By Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City: People with disabilities must have access to the Sacraments and, as missionary disciples, the ability to be full and active participants in the life of their Catholic parish, Pope Francis has asserted. “Before all else, I strongly reaffirm the right of persons with disabilities toContinue Reading
Vatican:The Vatican and China have renewed a provisional agreement on the appointment of bishops for two more years, the Holy See announced Oct. 22. An Oct. 22 Vatican communique said that the Chinese government and Vatican authorities agreed “to extend the experimental implementation phase” of the two-year provisional agreement firstContinue Reading
Vatican City: In a video message for World Food Day Oct. 15, Pope Francis expressed concern that tons of food is being thrown away while people continue to die for lack of food. “For humanity, hunger is not only a tragedy but it is also shameful,” Pope Francis said inContinue Reading
Assisi: Pope Francis on October 3 signed his new encyclical, Fratelli tutti, during a visit to Assisi, an Italian town associated with St Francis of Assisi. In his first official trip outside Rome since the pandemic struck Italy, the Pope celebrated Mass at the tomb of his namesake, St. FrancisContinue Reading
Rome, July 8, 2020: Benedict XVI watched his brother’s funeral via livestream on July 8 as his secretary Archbishop Georg Gänswein read the pope emeritus’ message of remembrance at the Mass in Germany. “When I said goodbye to him in the morning on Monday, June 22, we knew it wouldContinue Reading
