VATICAN CITY – In his first weekly general audience after returning from his pastoral visit to Hungary, Pope Francis warned that freedom is under threat in Europe as he underlines the importance o

 ROME – A photography exhibition, Women’s Cry, which showcases the suffering of women around the world, opened on Tuesday in Saint Peter’s Square, exhibition directors said at a press conf

 VATICAN CITY – The Vatican is part of a secret peace mission to end the war in Ukraine, Pope Francis told reporters on his flight back to Rome on Sunday. 

 VATICAN CITY– Addressing the Hungarian President, the Prime Minister and the many citizens who had gathered to listen, Pope Francis warned against rising European nationalism and called for a unif

 VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis arrived in Hungary on Friday morning for a three-day pastoral visit in which he will meet with Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, Catholic leaders, members of local Catholic

 VATICAN CITY -- At the Regina Coeli on Sunday, Pope Francis called for an end to the recent violence in Sudan, according to the Vatican Press Office. 

 VATICAN CITY -- Following the 2018 financial investigations into the Sistine Chapel's alleged choir mismanagement, the first hearing for the trial has been scheduled, confirms Il Fatto Quotidi

 VATICAN CITY – The Holy See Press Office confirmed in a statement on Thursday that Pope Francis has donated relics of the True Cross to King Charles as a gift for his coronation. 

 VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis welcomed a group of religious and civic leaders from Manchester to raise awareness of the importance of tackling climate change, in a private audience on Thursday morni

 VATICAN CITY – At his general weekly audience on Wednesday morning, Pope Francis spoke about the importance of the Church’s martyrs and ongoing Christian persecution throughout the world, praying

 VATICAN CITY – The book “Twelve Women One Murderer – from Emanuela Orlandi to Simonetta Cesaroni” by magistrate Otello Lupacchini and RAI journalist Max Parisi, suggests that the Vatican

 VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis has strongly denied the “insulting and unfounded” accusations made by Emanuela Orlandi’s brother, Pietro Orlandi, that Pope John Paul II was somehow involved in the Vat

 VATICAN CITY – Cardinal Stanislao Dziwisz, the former personal secretary to John Paul II, has strongly denied the “rambling accusations” made by Emanuela Orlandi’s brother, Pietro Orlandi, of Pope

 VATICAN CITY - From 14 April to 28 October 2023 the Pope's Museums will extend their opening hours every Friday and Saturday until 10.30 pm (last entrance at 8.30 pm).

 VATICAN CITY – Pietro Orlandi, the brother of the Vatican school girl Emanuela Orlandi who went missing in 1983 at age 15, has said he is satisfied after he spent over eight hours in the Vatican o

 VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis in his Urbi et Orbi (to the city and the world) Easter message prayed Sunday to Christ to “help the beloved Ukrainian people on their journey towards peace, and shed th

 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