VATICAN CITY- Telegram from Pope Francis for the Platinum Jubilee of her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

 Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

Buckingham Palace 

London 

VATICAN – His Holiness Pope Francis was deeply saddened to learn of the tragic shooting that took place at robb elementary school in Uvalde.

 ROME – Cardinal Angelo Sodano, who served two popes as secretary of state and as Dean of the College of Cardinals, has died in Rome at the age of 94.

 VATICAN CITY – Another wheelchair public appearance has sparked a guessing game among Vatican watchers on possible successors to Pope Francis as ailing he

 VATICAN CITY - The Vatican is concerned over the plight of Chinese Cardinal Joseph Zen following his arrest by authorities in Hong Kong, the Vatican chief spokesman Matteo Bruni says.

 VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis smiled broadly and cracked a joke when he appeared in a wheelchair in public for the first time Thursday due to a knee problem that h

  VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis, in a letter sent to the patriarch of Moscow and all the Russians, Kirill on Orthodox Easter celebrated on Sunday April 24, accordin

 VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis, celebrating Easter Sunday in St Peter's Square, said that the world needs Christ more than ever amidst the "cruel and senseless" wa

 CIVITAVECCHIA – Pope Francis travelled to the New Penitentiary Complex north of Rome on Holy Thursday to celebrate mass “in Coena Domini” with prisoners detained there and washed their f

 ROME – The Ukrainian Embassy is contesting the Vatican's decision regarding Ukrainian and Russian

 VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis once again addressed the subject of the war in Ukraine during his general audience, calling the conflict, “a blasphemous outrage against God,” Vatican sources

  VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis celebrated Palm Sunday by denouncing the "folly of war" and calling for an Easter truce in Ukraine as a prelude to peace even if it

 VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis received in audience the President of the Republic of Poland, Andrzej Duda on Friday in the Vatican Apostolic Palace, said the Holy See Press Office.

 VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis addressed especially warm greetings to the Ukrainian children at the end of the Wednesday’s general audience, as told by the Ansa news agency.

 VATICAN CITY – The Holy See is evaluating how to respond to an invitation for Pope Francis to visit Kiev from the city’s mayor, Vitaliy Klitschko, Vatican sources said.  The news comes a

 VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis said in a tweet dedicated to women that he is praying for mothers with children escaping from the war in Ukraine, as reported by Ansa news agency.

 VATICAN CITY – The Holy See has announced it will put itself at the service of achieving peace in Ukraine.

 VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis will visit the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan in July, said Matteo Bruni, Director of the Holy See Press Office, in an official announcement Thursday.

VATICAN – Pope Francis thanked the Polish people for being “the first to support Ukraine,” during his general audience, said the Vatican News.

ROME – The Bambino Gesù children’s hospital, under jurisdiction of the Holy See, has said it will welcome child cancer patients from Ukraine, said the hospital’s president Mariella Enoc.

VATICAN CITY – "Those who make war forget humanity,” Pope Francis said, adding that those who make war "put power before everything” and “distance themselves from the common people who wa

 VATICAN CITY -- Zambian President Haikainde Hichilema had a private audience with Pope Francis Saturday and discussed the economic and social situation in the so

 KRAKOW – Pope Francis celebrated the 625th anniversary of the Faculty of Theology of the John Paul II Pontifical University in Krakow.

 VATICAN CITY –  In reference to the threat of Russia declaring war on Ukraine, Pope Francis said, "I entrust every effort for peace to the intercession of the Virgin Mary and to the cons