VATICAN CITY – St Peter’s Basilica reopened on Monday with a chapel mass to celebrate John Paul II, with approximately 30 people in attendance all observing social-distancing norms, in another tele

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis has voiced his concern for the situation in Lebanon in this centenary year of 'Greater Lebanon', which has been experiencing a severe poverty crisis, and with current th

VATICAN CITY – According to new estimates, the The Holy See’s deficit is expected to rocket up to 145 per cent in 2020, in the context of the coronavirus epidemic causing economic slowdown and with

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis has written a letter which pays homage to over 100 street newspapers around the world that give work and income to more than 20,500 homeless people, and expressed his so

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis called on people to pray for families battling with debt and loansharks during his Thursday mass at Santa Marta.

 MELBOURNE – Cardinal George Pell has been released from jail after the High Court of Australia Tuesday quashed his child sex abuse convictions.

 VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis celebrated Palm Sunday by calling on Christians to respond to the tragedy of the coronavirus by rediscovering that "life is of no us

VATICAN CITY — On the day that Pope Francis prayed in an empty St.

 VATICAN CITY – The Holy See may consider introducing a general lockdown after a prelate living in the Santa Marta guesthouse where Pope Francis resides was hospitalized with Coronavirus as the pon

 VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis Sunday urged Christians to "reply to the pandemic of the virus with the pandemic of prayer, compassion and tenderness," asking the f

ROME – Pope Francis emerged from his residence to visit the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore and to address a prayer to Salus populi Romani, whose icon is kept there and venerated, report the Vatic

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis thanked priests in Lombardy Sunday for remaining close to their parishioners at the epicentre of the Coronavirus epidemic and reiterated his "closeness to all the sick a

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis Wednesday urged the world to face up the Coronavirus emergency with “strength, responsibility and hope,” thanked doctors and nurses for their work in the battle against

VATICAN CITY - All outpatient services of the Health and Hygiene Directorate of the Vatican City State have been temporarily suspended following the first positive coronavirus test in the Vatican,

VATICAN CITY – The crowded annual Easter celebrations set for April are at risk of cancellation, reports Il Messaggero. Last week there were informal consultations between bishops and the governmen

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis has tested negative for coronavirus, according to Vatican sources quoted by Il Mattino, putting an end to speculation as to why the pontiff had missed several appointmen

 VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis Sunday in his weekly Angelus address told the faithful that he is still ill with a cold and will not take part in scheduled spiritual

 VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis resumed a streamlined version of his normal gruelling working schedule Saturday, holding several private audiences, but remaining in the Santa Marta guest house, the Va

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis postponed his engagement with Microsoft, IBM, and other technology companies on Friday, where he was to sign the Vatican

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis’ ‘Dear Amazon’ papal document in relation to requests from the Amazon Synod, has been heavily criticised by the leading Catholic reformist movement ‘We Are Church – Inte