Vatican News
- March 28, 2024 - 8:05pm
Cardinal Giorgio Marengo, Apostolic Prefect of Ulaanbaatar, shares the rituals and traditions of the small Catholic community of Mongolia, saying they gather during the Triduum to share their Christian joy in a modest manner.
- March 28, 2024 - 7:57pm
Bishop Christian Carlassare, bishop of the Diocese of Rumbek, sends an Easter message to the faithful of South Sudan, encouraging Christians to look to Christ to find the will to embrace one another in friendship.
- March 28, 2024 - 5:06pm
At the Mass of the Lord's Supper at the women's section of Rebibbia prison in Rome, Pope Francis reminds us to never tire of asking the Lord for forgiveness and learning to serve as He did.
- March 28, 2024 - 1:35pm
A powerful and inspiring film about the life of Sister Frances Saverio Cabrini has been a great success in the U.S, including among atheists and those of other faiths.
- March 28, 2024 - 12:41pm
The thirteen Patriarchs and Heads of Christian Churches in Jerusalem issue their annual Easter Message in which they reiterate their call for an immediate ceasefire and the release of all captives, and recall the Easter message of hope in the resurrection.
- March 28, 2024 - 11:25am
In an Easter message, Archbishop Peter Chung Soon-Taick reminds the faithful of his Archdiocese of Seoul “that our mortal existence transcends the temporal boundaries of this world and is connected to eternal life.”
- March 28, 2024 - 10:59am
In a message to the Church in Sonsonate, El Salvador, Pope Francis encourages the devotees of a famous image of Jesus of Nazareth.
- March 28, 2024 - 9:21am
During Chrism Mass in the Vatican on Holy Thursday, Pope Francis thanks priests for heroic witness, but urges them to transform shortcomings, errors, and hardened hearts into an opportunity to draw closer to Christ and start anew.
- March 27, 2024 - 3:20pm
Two bereaved fathers, one an Israeli Jew and one a Palestinian Muslim, speak to Vatican News about their meeting with Pope Francis, who thanked them for their witness of fraternity.
- March 27, 2024 - 11:40am
A community of Claretian Sisters in Rome organize a penitential service to help homeless people living near the Vatican to prepare for Easter, combining spirituality with tangible charity to meet their needs.
- March 27, 2024 - 11:02am
In an Easter Letter addressed to Catholics in the Holy Land, Pope Francis expresses his spiritual closeness and paternal affection, and encourages Christians around the world to offer concrete support and prayers for peace.
- March 27, 2024 - 9:00am
Pope Francis shares an embrace with an Israeli and a Palestinian, each of whom lost a daughter, saying the two men "look beyond the enmity of war" and are now friends.
- March 27, 2024 - 8:50am
During his Wednesday General Audience this Holy Week, Pope Francis calls on faithful to imitate Christ's patience, saying practicing this virtue offers one of the most convincing testimonies of the Lord's love.
- March 26, 2024 - 10:57pm
In an interview with Italian State TV, Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, the Vatican Secretary for Relations with States and International Organizations, discusses the future of Europe and the world, and the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, reiterating the solution of "two peoples, two states."
- March 26, 2024 - 3:16pm
Cardinal Louis Raphael I Sako, the Patriarch of Baghdad of the Chaldeans, encourages Christians to make use of the final week of Lent “to clear our minds and hearts and to return to the authenticity of our faith.”
- March 26, 2024 - 2:41pm
Millions of women in the world today are living with or are suffering from mental health issues. Poor mental health affects both women and men but some disorders are more common in women. These include depression, anxiety, eating disorders and unstable relationships.
- March 26, 2024 - 2:12pm
Bassirou Diomaye Faye has been elected as President of Senegal after a democratic and peaceful voting process on Sunday. The 43-year-old Faye is Africa’s youngest elected President.
- March 26, 2024 - 2:08pm
The bridge, which is nearly two kilometers long, serves as a critical artery for vehicle traffic in and around the Port of Baltimore, one of the busiest in the United States.
- March 26, 2024 - 1:50pm
This year, Pope Francis is writing his own Via Crucis' meditations for the Way of the Cross this Good Friday at Rome's iconic Colosseum, the Vatican announces.
- March 26, 2024 - 11:47am
This Holy Week, the President of the Myanma Bishops' Conference, Cardinal Charles Maung Bo of Yangon, urges the faithful to join together in praying for peace to 'stop the turmoil of war,' and encourages people of good will to welcome Pope Francis' calls for dialogue and reconciliation.