By Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City: A new coin minted by the Vatican City State depicts a woman carrying the earth in her womb. The artist who designed the coin, which commemorates Earth Day, has said the design was his response to the ecological theme he was commissioned to portray. TheContinue Reading
Vatican City, Sep 13, 2020: The Vatican has said it was “necessary and urgent” to return to in-person Masses as soon as anti-coronavirus measures permit. The head of the Vatican’s liturgy office, Cardinal Robert Sarah, said in a letter to bishops’ conferences that virtual liturgies, while useful, were no replacementContinue Reading
Vatican City, April 7, 2020: Cardinal Oswald Gracias of India and the Vatican have welcomed the Australian High Court overturning Cardinal George Pell’s convictions for child sexual abuse. The Holy See, “which has always expressed confidence in the Australian judicial authority, welcomes the High Court’s unanimous decision concerning Cardinal GeorgeContinue Reading
By Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai, Feb 26, 2020: As India prepares to welcome its newest saint, a controversy over his name and its relationship with the Hindu caste system has come to the fore. A Vatican decree on announced a miracle had been approved for Blessed Devasahayam, clearing the way forContinue Reading
VATICAN CITY, Feb 13, 2019: The Vatican says it is teaming up with Microsoft on an academic prize to promote ethics in artificial intelligence. Pope Francis met privately on Feb 13 with Microsoft President Brad Smith and the head of a Vatican scientific office that promotes Catholic Church positions onContinue Reading
Rome, Dec 20: Italian police said on Dec 18 they had arrested a 20-year-old Somali man suspected of having been a member of Islamic State and who had threatened to bomb churches in Italy, including St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican. They told reporters in the southern city of BariContinue Reading
Vatican City: Two bishops from China will for the first time attend a major Vatican meeting starting early October. Their presence at the synod will be the first tangible sign of a breakthrough deal between the Vatican and Beijing over bishop nominations. The Vatican confirmed on October 1 that BishopsContinue Reading
The Vatican’s World Meeting of Families, to be held in August in Dublin, Ireland,Continue Reading
The Vatican has stated that the reports claiming that it signed a deal with the government of Saudi Arabia to build churches from Christian were “false.” A report published by the Egypt Independent has claimed that the agreement was signed by the Secretary-General of the Muslim World League Sheikh MohammedContinue Reading
Rome: Hundreds of people gathered in St Peter’s Square on April 26 evening to pray for terminally ill British toddler Alfie Evans. It was the second night in a row lay people, religious men and women, and clergy gathered at the obelisk that stands in the centre of the squareContinue Reading
