
Vatican News
- October 17, 2025 - 9:34am
The head of Iraq's Chaldean Catholic Church speaks to Vatican News about the reconsecration of the historic Al-Tahira church in Mosul's Old City.
- October 16, 2025 - 3:52pm
The Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in the Catholic Diocese of Solwezi recently launched ‘A Million Children Praying the Rosary for Peace and Unity in the World’ campaign 2025. This initiative aimed to encourage school children to participate in a global prayer movement that recognises the Rosary as a powerful spiritual tool to foster peace and unity worldwide.
- October 16, 2025 - 3:48pm
Addressing a United Nations Committee in New York, the Holy See Permanent Observer to the UN marks World Food Day, noting that structural causes need to be identified and addressed in order to eradicate poverty and hunger.
- October 16, 2025 - 3:08pm
As the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors publishes on Thursday its second Annual Report on Church Policies and Procedures for Safeguarding, its President, Archbishop Thibault Verny, speaks to Vatican News about the body’s work, listening to the victims and walking with local Churches to promote safeguarding measures.
- October 16, 2025 - 1:21pm
Some 8.2 percent of the global population, that is to say some 673 Million people, experienced hunger in 2024, reports UN agencies.
- October 16, 2025 - 1:18pm
Pope Leo XIV visits the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Rome to mark World Food Day and the 80th anniversary of the organization’s founding. In his address he reaffirms the Holy See’s closeness to the institution and calls for a shared global commitment to end hunger and malnutrition.
- October 16, 2025 - 1:03pm
Some 8.2 percent of the global population, that is to say some 673 Million people, experienced hunger in 2024, reports UN agencies.
- October 16, 2025 - 10:52am
In a message to the Networks of Indigenous Peoples and the Network of Indian Theology Theologians, Pope Leo XIV encourages a rediscovery of the Jubilee Year as a time of grace, forgiveness, and shared hope.
- October 16, 2025 - 10:30am
The Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors publishes its second annual Report, which presents guidelines for “informed listening” and for economic, psychological, and spiritual support to victims, while highlighting the need for more transparent communication, public acceptance of responsibility by the Church, and streamlined reporting mechanisms.
- October 16, 2025 - 10:30am
In an interview with Vatican News, Maud de Boer-Buquicchio, a jurist in charge of the Second Annual Report on Church Policies and Procedures for Safeguarding of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, highlights the main elements that emerged from the document released on Thursday.
- October 16, 2025 - 9:04am
Pope St. John Paul II declared Peter To Rot Blessed, in 1995, as the first Martyr of Papua New Guinea, as a new figure of holiness is a layman a husband, father, teacher, and catechist. Pope Francis approved his canonization on March 31, 2025, and he will be canonized on 19 October 2025 by Pope Leo XIV and be formally recognized as the first saint from Papua New Guinea, and six other Blesseds from other countries.
- October 15, 2025 - 11:31pm
In the heart of Mosul’s Old City, politicians, clergymen and members of the faithful gather to reinaugurate the Mar Toma and Al-Tahira churches, which had been vandalised and destroyed by so-called Islamic State.
- October 15, 2025 - 3:29pm
The Holy See Press Office holds a briefing to present the Fifth World Meeting of Popular Movements, scheduled to take place in Rome from 21 to 24 October, followed by a Jubilee Pilgrimage. Participants will be received in audience by Pope Leo XIV, and participate in a Jubilee Mass at the conclusion of their meeting.
- October 15, 2025 - 2:51pm
In commemorating Nyerere Day—when Tanzanians honour the country’s Founding Father, Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere—on 14 October 2025, the Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Dar es Salaam and Chairperson of the Justice and Peace Commission for the Tanzania Episcopal Conference (TEC) issued a passionate appeal concerning a troubling rise in unexplained disappearances and kidnappings across the country. The abductions have persisted in Tanzania for the past two years.
- October 15, 2025 - 2:39pm
Bishops, theologians and pastoral ministers dialogue at the border to face migration phenomenon ethically across Mexico and the US.
- October 15, 2025 - 12:47pm
As the Church honors St. Francis of Assisi this October, colleges across the United States are embracing his message of peace, humility, and care for creation. Led by Brother Gregory Cellini., Franciscan Month has become a growing movement inviting students and communities alike to rediscover what it means to live a new way of life
- October 15, 2025 - 12:32pm
The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem reflects on the historical moment in the Holy Land following the agreement reached between Israel and Hamas, and affirms: “We have a duty toward our communities — to help them look ahead, positively and serenely, toward a different future.”
- October 15, 2025 - 12:22pm
A Polish man has donated a purebred Arabian horse to Pope Leo XIV ahead of the weekly General Audience, saying he was inspired by the photo of the Augustinian Pope on horseback in Peru.
- October 15, 2025 - 11:55am
Pope Leo XIV receives Augustinian Recollect Sisters, rejoicing in their God-given joy and encouraging them to continue walking with the Lord.
- October 15, 2025 - 11:52am
The Order of Saint Augustine and the Vatican Publishing House (LEV) announce the publication of a new book entitled "Free Under Grace: Writings and Meditations 2001-2013," which gathers writings of Pope Leo XIV during his time as Prior General of the Augustinian Order.