Vatican News
- September 7, 2024 - 4:28am
On his first full day in Papua New Guinea, Pope Francis visits the country’s Governor-General and tells authorities he is fascinated by the extraordinary cultural richness of the people.
- September 7, 2024 - 2:20am
On his first full day in Papua New Guinea, Pope Francis meets with civil authorities and praises the immense diversity of the nation's people, who are called to live in harmony and peace, and underscores the importance of prayer.
- September 7, 2024 - 2:00am
Nearly 6,000 pilgrims from across Papua New Guinea have embarked on difficult journeys to witness Pope Francis’ visit to Port Moresby, facing dangerous terrain and sea hazards.
- September 7, 2024 - 1:44am
Welcoming Pope Francis at his residence, Sir Francis Sir Bob Bofeng Dada, Governor General of Papua New Guinea, and praises the Catholic Church’s advocacy for peace, justice, human rights, and action against climate change.
- September 6, 2024 - 5:30pm
As he begins his mission as the first resident Vatican representative to South Sudan, Archbishop Séamus Patrick Horgan speaks to Vatican News-Vatican Radio about the many challenges facing the young African nation, and says local Church is is alive.
- September 6, 2024 - 4:08pm
Catholic pilgrims from across Papua New Guinea have descended on Port Moresby to see Pope Francis, and Saint John the Apostle Catholic Church has thrown out the welcome mat to host them.
- September 6, 2024 - 3:25pm
Mavis Tito, the National Director of Caritas Papua New Guinea, talks to Vatican News about the organisation’s work in the country, especially its stand against violence based on accusations of sorcery.
- September 6, 2024 - 2:54pm
Following pressures from the United States, the Nicaraguan Government releases a group of political prisoners on humanitarian grounds, who have been transferred to Guatemala
- September 6, 2024 - 1:15pm
Global leaders gather at the Terra Tuscany summit in the Italian city of Pisa to discuss sustainability efforts in dialogue with Pope Francis' teachings, focusing on climate action and ecological transformation.
- September 6, 2024 - 12:05pm
Pope Francis begins the second leg of his 45th apostolic journey with a three-day visit to Papua New Guinea in Oceania.
- September 6, 2024 - 10:53am
The Irish Bishops’ Conference releases a statement following the publication of a report on sexual abuse in Catholic schools, expressing their closeness to the victims and their determination to see that safeguarding measures continue to be implemented.
- September 6, 2024 - 10:15am
Pope Francis begins his Apostolic Journey to Papua New Guinea, the second leg of his 45th Apostolic Journey abroad.
- September 6, 2024 - 10:00am
In this week's news from the Eastern Churches, produced in collaboration with L'Œuvre d'Orient, a Catholic Church in the West Bank is bombed, Pope Francis appoints a new Armenian Catholic Bishop, and France gets two new Chaldean priests.
- September 6, 2024 - 9:19am
Following Pope Francis’ three-day Apostolic Visit to Indonesia, the Cardinal Archbishop of Jakarta expresses his hopes for the future of “faith, fraternity, and compassion” among people of different faiths in the country.
- September 6, 2024 - 5:33am
The people of Port Moresby anxiously await Pope Francis’ arrival to Papua New Guinea on Friday evening, 6 September, for the second leg of his two-week Apostolic Journey to Asia and Oceania.
- September 6, 2024 - 5:08am
Pope Francis concludes his four-day visit to Indonesia and travels to Papua New Guinea for the second-stage of his Apostolic Journey to Asia and Oceania.
- September 6, 2024 - 4:00am
Ahead of Pope Francis' arrival in Papua New Guinea, Archbishop Rochus Joseph Tatamai, MSC, of the Archdiocese of Rabaul, says the country may be "far and at the periphery" but enjoys a vibrant Church with young people who crowd the pews.
- September 5, 2024 - 5:47pm
As Pope Francis begins the second leg of his 45th Apostolic Journey to Asia and Oceania, the media coordinator of the visit for the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands describes how the Pope could help the country overcome the patriarchal mentality that still linger in Papuan society.
- September 5, 2024 - 5:42pm
Among the local broadcasters providing coverage of Pope Francis' Apostolic Journey to Papua New Guinea is Radio Maria, whose director, a Vincentian missionary, believes the visit will help unite the people and bring peace to their hearts.
- September 5, 2024 - 5:23pm
On the sidelines of Mass with Pope Francis at Indonesia’s national stadium in Jakarta, two young Catholics reflect on the Pope’s visit to their country, saying he drew attention to the presence of Catholics in the world's most populous Muslim-majority nation.