Vatican News
- January 17, 2022 - 4:16pm
Pope Francis received this Monday morning Željko Komšić, the current Chairman of the Collegial Presidency of Bosnia-Herzegovina, who met afterwards with Archbishop Paul R. Gallagher, the Vatican's Secretary for Relations with States.
- January 17, 2022 - 3:12pm
A six-year international investigation has identified a suspect who may have betrayed famous Jewish diarist Anne Frank and her family to the Nazis. Jewish notary Arnold van den Bergh, has been accused by a team that included a retired agent of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, the FBI.
- January 17, 2022 - 1:04pm
As Americans honour the memory of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., the Bishops of the United States call on all people of goodwill to continue to draw from his example and to carry on his work for equality and justice in American society.
- January 17, 2022 - 1:00pm
In the Armenian-Catholic Cathedral of St. Elijah and St. Gregory the Illuminator in the Lebanese capital, the Patriarch of Cilicia of Armenian Catholics, Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian, invites everyone to overcome differences by looking to Christ the Redeemer and the mystery of the Eucharist.
- January 17, 2022 - 11:44am
Pope Francis urges the journalists of The Holy Land Review to tell the world the story of fraternity among Christians and among all the children of Abraham.
- January 17, 2022 - 11:12am
For the forthcoming 2022 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity Cardinal Mario Grech and Cardinal Kurt Koch invite all Christians to pray for unity and to continue to journey together.
- January 17, 2022 - 10:20am
Pope Francis welcomes an ecumenical delegation from Finland to the Vatican, on the eve of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.
- January 16, 2022 - 3:12pm
The Netherlands government has only partially lifted Europe's toughest coronavirus lockdown, prompting protests with bars and other businesses reopening despite prohibitions.
- January 16, 2022 - 2:54pm
An attempt by a migrant caravan to trek from Honduras, through Guatemala, to the Mexican border with the United States, has been halted by Guatemalan authorities.
- January 16, 2022 - 1:17pm
The ambassador of Burkina Faso to the Holy See, His Excellency Robert Compaoré, says he appreciates Pope Francis’ encouragement for multilateral diplomacy.
- January 16, 2022 - 12:18pm
During the Angelus Pope Francis recalls this year's Week of Prayer for Christian Unity from 18 to 25 January and invites everyone to offer up their struggles and suffering in favor of Christian unity.
- January 16, 2022 - 12:14pm
During the Sunday Angelus, Pope Francis remembers the victims of severe flooding in Brazil and expresses his closeness to their families.
- January 16, 2022 - 11:10am
At the Sunday Angelus Pope Francis explains that the signs we read about in the Gospels are clues that reveal God’s love for us, who is always near, tender, and compassionate.
- January 15, 2022 - 10:30pm
Today, the Gospel for the Second Sunday of Ordinary Time presents us with what John describes as the first of Jesus’ signs when Jesus changes water to wine at the wedding at Cana.
- January 15, 2022 - 3:12pm
The United States is accusing Russia of preparing to invade Ukraine within weeks, amid concerns inside the U.S.-led NATO military alliance about a possible new major conflict in Europe.
- January 15, 2022 - 1:40pm
Vigils are held throughout Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland on Friday calling for an end to violence against women following the murder of a young teacher.
- January 15, 2022 - 1:04pm
With food, fuel and funding at an all-time low, the United Nations World Food Programme warns that millions in Ethiopia’s war-torn Tigray region will starve.
- January 15, 2022 - 12:26pm
Pope Francis meets with members of the Order of Clerics Regular (Theatines) who are concluding their General Chapter. The Holy Father encourages them to go forward with openness to the Spirit, firmly rooted in prayer, adoration, common life, fraternal charity, poverty, and service to the poor.
- January 15, 2022 - 9:39am
Meeting in Yangon for their General Assembly, bishops in Myanmar express deep concern over the the escalation of fighting between the Tatmadaw and rebel forces and urge all parties to facilitate access to humanitarian relief .
- January 14, 2022 - 5:26pm
Pope Francis is to receive in audience members of the Terra Santa publishing centre in Jerusalem, marking the 100th anniversary of TS magazine, a publication that offers information and news on the history and current affairs of the Middle East.