
Vatican News
- March 18, 2025 - 10:07am
Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin speaks to journalists about the Pope’s call for disarmament, and calls for openness in dialogue to end Russia’s war in Ukraine.
- March 18, 2025 - 9:48am
As today, 18 March 2025, marks 100 days since Syria's dramatic change of regime, the UN Children's Fund, UNICEF, decries the crisis enveloping the embattled nation.
- March 18, 2025 - 8:46am
Our Editorial Director reflects on Pope Francis affirmation from Rome's Gemelli Hospital of "the absurdity" of war as global powers rush to rearm.
- March 18, 2025 - 6:15am
We publish a letter from Pope Francis to the Italian daily newspaper "Corriere della Sera" editor-in-chief Luciano Fontana, written in response to Fontana’s message of support during the Pope’s illness. In the letter, the Pope asks Fontana to relaunch and amplify his appeal for peace and disarmament.
- March 17, 2025 - 6:16pm
Pope Francis is using high-flow oxygen therapy less frequently. The swelling in his hand, seen in the photo taken and published yesterday, has already improved.
- March 17, 2025 - 2:30pm
UNICEF denounces prohibitions against delivery of life-saving humanitarian aid to enter Gaza.
- March 17, 2025 - 2:26pm
The Bishop of Auchi Diocese, in Nigeria has called on the government at all levels and security agencies to do more in the face of a deteriorating security situation leading to increased kidnappings. This follows the killings of a young seminarian recently kidnapped.
- March 17, 2025 - 1:32pm
According to a report published by Fides Agency a total of 145 priests were kidnapped and 11 killed in Nigeria between 2015 and 2025, marking a constant increase in ransom-related kidnappings that also affect other communities.
- March 17, 2025 - 1:22pm
The Holy See Press Office issues a statement recalling the March 14 phone call between Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky and Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin, which expresses prayers for peace, encouragement of dialogue and an invitation to do everything possible to release prisoners.
- March 17, 2025 - 1:18pm
Fr. Lowrent Kamwanza, M.Afr., talks to Vatican News about a recent workshop in Burundi to entrust the mission of safeguarding minors and vulnerable people to the entire Church.
- March 17, 2025 - 11:27am
This year, all the faithful are invited to attend the Vatican's Lenten Sermons on the four Fridays leading up to Easter, which will be on the theme "Anchored in Christ. Rooted and founded in the hope of new Life."
- March 17, 2025 - 11:03am
Cardinal Claudio Gugerotti, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches, invites Catholics to contribute to the annual Good Friday Collection, saying the appeal provides essential resources and connects us directly with the land trod by Jesus.
- March 17, 2025 - 8:52am
In Amankwakrom, Ghana, many women still give birth at home due to fear of high medical costs. Responding to the needs of the poor, the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary (MSHR) are providing care and support to the sick and pregnant women in the community.
- March 17, 2025 - 8:40am
As the suffering continues in Myanmar from the military junta-induced humanitarian crisis displacing hundreds of thousands, impending food aid cuts threaten to further affect the most vulnerable.
- March 16, 2025 - 6:14pm
The Holy See Press Office releases a photo of Pope Francis in prayer after having concelebrated the Eucharist on Sunday morning. This is the first photo since his hospitalization on 14 February. Pope Francis' medical condition remains stable and his respiratory therapy and physiotherapy continue.
- March 16, 2025 - 4:06pm
Haiti is planning, hoping and praying that it will be possible to finally hold a presidential election, but it all depends on whether law and order can be restored and if the notorious street gangs can be defeated.
- March 16, 2025 - 3:57pm
The United States launched attacks on targets in the Yemen, striking at Houthi rebels and leaving dozens of people killed and scores more injured.
- March 16, 2025 - 12:43pm
In a telegram signed by Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin, Pope Francis expresses his closeness to the families who lost their loved ones, mostly young people, in a fire that broke out in the city of Kocani, North Macedonia.
- March 16, 2025 - 10:59am
In his Angelus reflection, Pope Francis contemplates the period of trial he is experiencing, and highlights the “shining signs of hope” that pervade hospitals and places of care.
- March 15, 2025 - 6:03pm
Pope Francis continues high-flow oxygen therapy, progressively reducing the need for non-invasive mechanical ventilation during the night. The Pope still requires hospital medical care, as well as physiotherapy and respiratory physiotherapy.