VATICAN CITY - In the April edition of Pope Francis' monthly Pope Video, the Holy Father focused on the fight for "fundamental human rights," and urged all Catholics to pray for those "actively c

  TUBINGEN - The Swiss theologian and priest Hans Küng, thought to be the greatest threat to the Catholic church since Martin Luther, has died in Germany aged 93. 

  VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis marked Easter Sunday by urging the international community to give priority to Covid-19 vaccines and denounced the ‘scandalous’ purs

  VATICAN CITY - On the morning of Easter Saturday, Pope Francis paid a visit to the Paul VI Audience Hall where Covid vaccinations were underway for the homeless or those needing special assistanc

  VATICAN CITY - Speaking on a mass onHoly Thursday in St Peter's Basilica, Pope Francis spoke of how "the Lord always gives us what we ask for, but that he does so in his divine way. That applies

 VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis called for prayers on Palm Sunday for people killed in an attack on Christians in Indonesia and cautioned against the Covid pandemic

  VATICAN CITY - The Office of Papal Charities on Friday announced that it would be providing vaccinations for 1,200 of "most fragile 

  VATICAN CITY - In an Apostolic Letter, Pope Francis has announced that all Cardinals in the Holy See will be receiving a ten percent pay cut from April to cope with the Vatican’s financial losses

  RIO NEGRO - Marcelo Alejandro Cuenca Revuelta, an Argentinian bishop, has resigned after accusations against him of covering up sexual abuse by priests in his diocese.

  VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis has launched a strong appeal for peace in Myanmar, saying in his general audience, “I too

  VATICAN CITY - In his first general audience since returning from Iraq, Pope Francis spoke about the damage he saw caused by extremism in the country, and the affect on the Christian po

  ROME - Pope Francis’ 33th international visit began on Friday when at 7:35 a.m. he departed Fiumicino airport for Iraq.

 VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis, in the most recent edition of ‘The Pope Video’, has called the Catholic world to pray and forgive, as well as inviting “us to rediscover the power of personal renewal

  ROME - Pope Francis has recently paid a visit to Edith Bruck, a poet and survivor of the Shoah atrocities, at her house in Rome.

  VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis on Friday gave a private audience to the Sampdoria football team in the Apostolic Palace, saying to the players and staff, “football is a way of life.”

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis has provided his nulla osta to the 2021 Budget of the Holy See, proposed by the Secretariat for the Economy, by the Council for the Economy, according to the “Holy See P

 VATICAN CITY - The Vatican is taking a hard stance on employees who refuse the coronavirus vaccine.

  VATICAN CITY - The sentencing of the former head of the Vatican Bank has given renewed vigour to the search for the ‘Ustasha Treasury’, due to suspicions over the bank’s possession of the loot, a

  VATICAN CITY - On Wednesday morning, at the Altar of St. Peter's Basilica, Pope Francis celebrated the Holy Mass with the Rite of Blessing and Imposition of Ashes.

  VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis has released a video-message in memory of the 12 Coptic martyrs murdered by ISIS, in Libya, exactly six years ago.

  VATICAN CITY - In a press conference in the Hall of John Paul II at the Vatican press office on Friday, Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson presented Pope Francis’ message for Lent, which begins

  ROME - A woman will vote in the Synod of Bishops, an advisory body to Pope Francis, for the very first time, after Sister Nathalie Becquart was appointed co-undersecretary on Sunday.

  VATICAN CITY - The Vatican Radio celebrates its 90th year of transmitting the Pope’s very own words all around the world. Having been founded on Feb.