ROME – The Italian Prime Minister has apparently cancelled a lunch meeting with Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat that was due to be held Friday in Rome, The Malta Independent reported

 VATICAN CITY – Forty years from the foundation of Polish trade union “Solidarity,” members of its board of directors had an audience with Pope Francis, Holy See sources said.

 VATICAN – Pope Francis said that magic is not Christian at his General Audience on Wednesday, Holy See sources reported.

 VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis had lunch with 1,500 poor people on Sunday to mark World Day of the Poor, Holy See sources said.

 VATICAN – Pope Francis has appointed Father Juan Antonio Guerrero as the Prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy of the Holy See, replacing Australian Cardinal Pell, says the Holy See.

 VATICAN – In one of the strongest attacks yet on Pope Francis, 100 conservative Catholics have issued a letter demanding he repent of idolatry, say Holy See sources.

 VATICAN CITY – In addition to the building it has been found to own in Chelsea, the Secretariat of State also bought property in North Kensington with “Peter’s Pence” money, La Stampa said Mon

 VATICAN CITY – Copies of an Argentinian statue of the Virgin Mary taken home by British troops after the Falklands War were blessed by Pope Francis and exchanged in St Peter’s Square on Wednesday

ROME – Palazzo Chigi has denied the possibility of a conflict of interest after the Financial Times reported prime minister Giuseppe Conte’s involvement as a lawyer in a Vatican business d

 VATICAN CITY – The Vatican Secret Archives are called “secret” no longer, Pope Francis having changed their name Monday to “Vatican Apostolic Archives” in what appears to be an attempt to improve

 VATICAN CITY – The Amazon Synod’s conclusions have been taken as a cause for hope, say We Are Church reform group.

 VATICAN CITY – The president of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See (APSA) has denied in an interview persistent reports quoting a new book saying that the Holy See effectivel

 ROME – Statues of a South American goddess have been removed from a Roman church and thrown in the Tiber by conservatives in protest, according to Il Messaggero.

 VATICAN CITY – The Vatican Secretariat of State is suspected of having used money given to the Church as charity to buy property in London. The Secretariat has 6

 VATICAN CITY – As expected, the new Commandant of the Vatican gendarmerie is Gianluca Gauzzi Broccoletti, a cyber-security expert.  

 VATICAN CITY – Domenico Giani, commander of the Vatican gendarmerie, resigned Monday after a confidential document was leaked, say Vatican sources.

 VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis is urging bishops taking part in the Amazon synod not to chase the Holy Spirit away from their discussions, as he launched the first full working day of a summit design

 VATICAN – Five Vatican officials have been suspended in relation to an investigation into financial irregularities, reports La Repubblica.

 VATICAN CITY – Vatican police have raided the office of the Holy See’s Secretariat of State and the State Financial Information Authority.

 VATICAN CITY - Caritas’ Share the Journey Campaign aims to use the creative arts to promote deeper understanding of migration for the charity’s Global Week of Action 2019.

 ROME – The Vatican is watching nervously as German bishops meet in Fulda, central Germany, to debate and launch a campaign of change for the Catholic Church in Germany.

 ROME - Pope Francis, returning from his visit to Africa, gave an interview to journalists in which he drew comparisons between the speeches of modern populists and those of Hitler in 1934, and sai

 VATICAN CITY – Delayed for his weekly Angelus prayers after being trapped in an elevator, Pope Francis named 13 new cardinals who will become "princes of the Church" in October, Vatican sources sa

 ROME - Pope Francis is leaving on 4 September for a trip to Africa in which he is visiting Mozambique, Madagascar and Mauritius.