VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis will not attend the traditional Good Friday open air Way of the Cross service and procession at the Colosseum due to cold weather in the Eternal City, the Vatican pres

 ROME – The Vatican as part of an alleged cover up of paedophilia among prelates in the tiny city state kept the Vatican school girl Emanuela Orlandi closeted in a convent in London for years after

 VATICAN CITY – Walking with a stick, Pope Francis opened the celebration of a solemn Palm Sunday Mass in St Peter’s Square on Sunday, a day after being discharged from hospital where he was treate

 VATICAN CITY – Known to be a “difficult patient,” Pope Francis has made clear that his health issues and latest setback are not expected to weaken his resolve to remain on St. Peter’s throne.

 ROME -- Pope Francis will remain hospitalized at the Gemelli Polyclinic for several days to treat what is described as a respiratory infection, the Vatican said, throwing into doubt whether he wil

VATICAN CITY – A telegram of condolence was sent on Wednesday from the Vatican to The Most Reverend Joseph Mark Spalding, the Bishop of Nashville, for the victims of the Nashville school shooting t

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis welcomed a delegation of students and teachers from the NATO Defense College to his weekly general audience at St Peter’s Square on Wednesday, Vatican communications sai

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis met with the families of 18 Polish miners who were killed in two mining accidents in Poland in 2022, according to the Holy See. 

 VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis greeted refugees who arrived in Europe through the Humanitarian Corridors, an initiative set up in 2016 aiming to prevent dangerous migration situations and t

 VATICAN CITY –  On Thursday morning, Pope Francis received Mr.

VATICAN CITY – Awaiting the political commission of enquiry, scheduled for next week, to shed more light on the disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi following the release of the recent Netflix documen

VATICAN CITY-- Pope Francis has expressed his ‘sympathies and sorrow’ for the victims of the Calabrian shipwreck, and called for a stop to human trafficking leading to 'journeys of death'

 VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis called on the faithful Sunday to show “concrete charity” to the earthquake victims in Syria and Turkey and also to help alleviate the

 VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis Monday said he was “deeply saddened” by the earthquakes that have killed more than 1700 people in Turkey and Syria, the Vatican said.

 VATICAN CITY -- Australian Cardinal George Pell, an outspoken conservative prelate whose attempt, at request of Pope Francis to reform Vatican finances, was inte

 VATICAN CITY –- The Vatican judiciary has decided to open the case of Emanuela Orlandi 40 years later, judicial sources say. 

 VATICAN CITY — Emeritus pope Benedict XVI died Saturday, the Vatican said.

 VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis on Wednesday urged people to give “more humble” Christmas presents and send the money saved to the Ukrainian people “which is sufferi

 VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis held an audience for the donors of the St Peter’s Christmas tree and nativity scene on Saturday, the Vatican said in a press release.