VATICAN CITY– Pope Francis named Veneto archbishop Pietro Parolin Vatican Secretary of State Saturday to replace much criticised Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the Holy See said.
VATICAN CITY – The British Ambassador to the Holy See has congratulated Monsignor Leo Cushley, 52, on his recent appointment as Archbishop to St Andrews and Edinburgh after a career as a Vatican di
VATICAN CITY – Members of the “gay lobby”in the Curia covered up the past of an allegedly gay prelate appointed by the Pope to clean up the Vatican bank, L’Espresso magazine reports.
ROME– A self-syled secret agent who claims he helped kidnap Vatican schoolgirl Emanuela Orlandi was convicted for killing in 1983 the son of a Uruguayan official at the UN food agency IFAD, police
ROME--Pope Francis today celebrated his name day, the Feast of St. George, presiding over morning Mass in the Pauline Chapel within the Apostolic Palace.
ROME-- Pope Francis has unveiled his new spending review, making the decision to cut the bonuses of the five cardinal commissioners who sit on the board of supervision for the IOR or Vatican Bank.
ROME-- Pope Francis has appointed Jose Rodriguez Carballo as the new Secretary of the Congregation for the Institutes of Consecrated life and the Societies of Apostolic Life, the second highest position at the Vatican’s office for the overseeing of religious orders.
ROME-- The Pope marked Holy Thursday with a celebration in St Peter’s Basilica this morning before moving to Casal del Marmo juvenile delinquent centre this afternoon.
ROME -- Pope Francis had an historic meeting with Emeritus pope Benedict XVI at the apostolic summer palace in Castel Gandolfo today.
ROME-- Pope Francis will celebrate Mass on Holy Thursday at the Casa del Marmo juvenile detention centre, the Vatican announced this morning.
ROME-- In one of the galleries of the Vatican, there are a series of stunning 17th century maps covering the whole world then known in Rome.
ROME-- Between 150-200 thousand people from all over the world filled St Peter’s square to celebrate the first mass of Pope Francis’ papacy.
