Vatican News
- October 27, 2024 - 2:50pm
A spokesman for UNICEF says children in Gaza are being denied medical care that is a basic human right.
- October 27, 2024 - 11:53am
Remembering children who are victims of war today, Pope Francis appeals for prayers for peace and for an end to the escalation of violence in Ukraine, Palestine, Israel, Lebanon. He recalls the 75th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions to be marked this week.
- October 27, 2024 - 11:45am
During his Sunday Angelus address, Pope Francis insists that Christ's merciful love can transform our lives, offer us direction, and make us happy.
- October 27, 2024 - 10:23am
At the concluding Mass of the General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, Pope Francis encourages us to be like Bartimaeus in today's Gospel and "entrust our blindness to the Lord" in order to be "a missionary Church that walks with her Lord through the streets of the world."
- October 26, 2024 - 10:50pm
Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, the Synod’s General Rapporteur, speaks to Vatican News following the closing conference of the Second Session of XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod on Synodality, and observes how the Synod's fruits can impact and empower the daily lives of Catholics worldwide.
- October 26, 2024 - 10:12pm
A press conference after the conclusion of the work of the 2nd Session of the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod on Synodality and the publication of the Final Document focuses on key points such as the contribution of the laity and women towards creating a less hierarchical Church.
- October 26, 2024 - 7:57pm
The Final Document of the second session of the Sixteenth Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod recounts and relaunches an experience of Church as communion, participation, and mission, with a concrete proposal of a new vision that overturns established practices.
- October 26, 2024 - 6:56pm
During the final session of the Assembly of the Synod, His Beatitude Ibrahim Isaac Sedrak, conveys his thanks, on behalf of all involved, for the successful completion of the Synod’s various stages.
- October 26, 2024 - 6:10pm
In his final address at the Synod Assembly, Pope Francis presents the Synod's Final Document as a "threefold gift."
- October 26, 2024 - 3:59pm
The Secretary of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America is attending several events at the UN Summit on Biodiversity underway in Cali, Colombia, bringing Pope Francis’ call for action for the preservation our common home and for involving marginalized populations in the decision-making processes concerning them.
- October 26, 2024 - 2:30pm
The final document of the Synod on synodality is a concrete step in fully implementing the Second Vatican Council.
- October 26, 2024 - 1:29pm
The Government of Brazil signs a 29.85 billion dollar compensation agreement with mining companies nine years on from a dam collapse which killed 19, left hundreds homeless, caused flooding spanning three States, wiped out entire communities and polluted a river for hundreds of kilometres all the way to the Atlantic ocean.
- October 26, 2024 - 1:12pm
Israel has carried out a series of overnight air attacks against Iran in retaliation for Tehran’s barrage of missile strikes against Israel earlier this month.
- October 26, 2024 - 10:46am
For the first time ever, the oldest copy of St. Francis of Assisi’s "Canticle of the Creatures" is on display in Rome to mark the 8th centenary of its composition in 1224.
- October 26, 2024 - 10:45am
During the Mass for the conclusion of the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, the Baldacchino above the tomb of St. Peter will be inaugurated after nine months of restoration. From October 27 to December 8, the ancient Chair of St. Peter will be displayed at the foot of the High Altar before being reinstalled in Bernini's bronze throne.
- October 25, 2024 - 9:52pm
Olympians, Paralympians, and refugee athletes gather in Rome to share stories and experiences. "Sport is a miracle", says Mahdia Sharifi, a taekwondo practitioner from Afghanistan. "It saved my soul."
- October 25, 2024 - 6:30pm
Pope Francis addresses the faithful of the Diocese of Rome during an assembly at the Basilica of St. John Lateran titled "Mending the Tear, Beyond Inequalities."
- October 25, 2024 - 6:07pm
In a brief video message, Pope Francis emphasizes synodality within the family, stating, "A family that doesn’t dialogue is a dead family."
- October 25, 2024 - 5:20pm
Addressing the 79th Session of the UN General Assembly on conventional weapons, the Vatican's Permanent Observer, Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, reiterates the Holy See’s plea for reducing military spending and against developing new deadly weapon technologies.
- October 25, 2024 - 2:30pm
For the 750th anniversary of the death of St. Bonaventure of Bagnoregio and St. Thomas Aquinas, Pope Francis said the two 'Holy Teachers' greatly inspired and enriched the Church in a letter he wrote for the Vatican Apostolic Library's exhibit "The Book and the Spirit," dedicated to the two Doctors of the Church.