Vatican News
- November 29, 2022 - 5:16pm
The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) releases its contribution to the EU Consultation on defining the framework conditions of the social economy. The Bishops’ document presents a series of proposals based on the Catholic Social Teaching to realize the full potential of the social economy, which it says, offers a positive alternative to the profit-led market economy creating "relational wealth" and social friendship.
- November 29, 2022 - 3:29pm
The newly elected head of the US Bishops’ Conference discusses the synodal process in the country, its potential to combat polarisation in the Church, and strategies for including the voices of the marginalised.
- November 29, 2022 - 2:40pm
A two-day meeting with the Presidents and Coordinators of the Continental Assemblies of the Synod on preparations for the Continental Assemblies concluded today. The Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops, Cardinal Mario Grech, said listening to everyone and excluding no one is part of the synodal journey.
- November 29, 2022 - 1:51pm
Officials in Ramallah say four Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces in two separate incidents in the occupied West Bank.
- November 29, 2022 - 11:48am
Two priests serving in the port city of Berdyansk in southeastern Ukraine have been arrested and detained in a pre-trial detention center by the Russian administration on charges of preparing a terrorist act.
- November 29, 2022 - 10:56am
In a telegram of condolences Pope Francis prays for the soul of deceased Ghanean Cardinal Richard Kuuia Baawobr.
- November 29, 2022 - 10:27am
The Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life is presenting four videos to portray the contribution of the faithful with disabilities to the Synod on Synodality following a series of meetings at the Vatican.
- November 28, 2022 - 3:44pm
The First Vice President of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM), Fridolin Cardinal Ambongo, has said the death of Cardinal Baawobr has robbed Africa of a selfless servant and a good Shepherd.
- November 28, 2022 - 3:28pm
Experts at home and abroad laud De La Salle University in Dasmariñas City, Cavite, Philippines, for its sustainability and environmental policies. We look at what has been hailed as the greenest university in the Philippines for the ninth time in a row by Universitas Indonesia GreenMetric World University Rankings.
- November 28, 2022 - 3:06pm
Leaders of the continental stage of the Synod for a Synodal Church meet in Rome on Monday and Tuesday, providing them the opportunity of meeting directly with the Secretariat of the Synod guiding the process.
- November 28, 2022 - 1:18pm
Pope Francis grants an exclusive interview to the Catholic ‘"America Magazine" in which he answers a vast range of questions, including topics regarding the US, Church issues, social issues, the war in Ukraine, the Vatican’s relations with China, and his pontificate.
- November 28, 2022 - 1:02pm
- November 28, 2022 - 12:57pm
A huge march through the heart of Mexico shows the firm grass roots political support for the President, while countermanding a recent rally, which accused him of attempting to interfere with democracy.
- November 28, 2022 - 12:47pm
Pope Francis meets with community members of Rome's Pontifical Latin American College, encouraging them in their pastoral work as Christ's "disciples and missionaries."
- November 28, 2022 - 12:41pm
From the refugee camp on the Thai-Myanmar border where she works, Sister Grace Patthayaporn can hear the bombs falling in Myanmar. "Whenever I hear them, I pray."
- November 28, 2022 - 12:17pm
Pope Francis meets with 6,000 schoolchildren, teachers, and school leaders, urging them to follow in the footsteps of “modern day prophets” Pope St John XXIII and Martin Luther King Jr.
- November 28, 2022 - 10:03am
Pope Francis sends a message to the International Forum of Catholic Action, which met over the weekend for its 8th Assembly and elected new leaders. The synodal spirit needs to take root in the Church, he writes, so we need to move in the same direction as a people walking together.
- November 28, 2022 - 10:01am
Cardinal Richard Baawobr has returned to the house of the Father. The sad news was received in the evening of Sunday 27 November 2022, and announced in a statement signed by the Secretary General of the Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers).
- November 28, 2022 - 9:40am
Pope Francis receives the credential letters of Frances Collins, the new Ambassador of the Republic of Ireland to the Holy See.
- November 28, 2022 - 9:00am
In a ‘synodal style’ interview with Vatican News, two women involved in the various stages of the Synod for a Synodal Church speak about how the People of God are finding their voice and are being heard through the synodal process.