Focus

Pandemic, terror threats: Iraq papal trip is complicated, even for Francis

Feb 27, 2021

Traveling during an ongoing global pandemic. Heading to a country where suicide bombings are a threat. Preparing for the first meeting between a pope and one of the world's leading Muslim clerics.
Iraq: Full of historic sites important to understanding Christianity

Feb 27, 2021

Pope Francis hopes to embark on the first-ever papal visit to the biblical land of Iraq in early March in a spiritual pilgrimage of sorts to the place known in Arabic as the “land of the two rivers” — the mighty Tigris and Euphrates — and once renowned as Mesopotamia, the “cradle of civilization.”
Radio Vaticana at 90: Keeping up with the times, never forgetting who we are

Feb 20, 2021

Celebrating Vatican Radio’s 90th anniversary, Seàn Patrick Lovett, one of the radio's historic voices, shines the spotlight on five papacies and reflects on the power and the intimacy of this unique medium.
Pastoral Letter: In conjunction with International Day of Human Fraternity

Feb 06, 2021

His Holiness Pope Francis, in his latest encyclical Fratelli Tutti(On Fraternity and Social Friendship, issued on 3 October 2020, had put forth a concrete invitation to the whole human family calling for fraternity and social friendship that concerns every man and woman, believer or non-believer. The Holy Father proposes a vision where no one should face life in isolation but to work towards a single human family in which we are brothers and sisters.
World must realise common humanity or fall apart

Feb 06, 2021

The world must begin to realize its shared humanity in order to live peacefully, otherwise it risks falling apart in endless conflicts, Pope Francis s
Consecrated men and women urged to place Fratelli Tutti at the centre of their lives

Jan 30, 2021

We draw close to you on the eve of a day dear to us, and to all consecrated men arid women, a day dedicated to our wonderful vocation that makes God’s love for men, women and the entire universe shine forth in various ways.
What Joe Biden (and all American Catholics) owe Jesuit John Courtney Murray

Jan 23, 2021

It is not a coincidence that a prominent U.S. Jesuit, the Rev. Leo J. O’Donovan, former president of Georgetown University, will deliver the invocation at the inauguration of President Joseph R. Biden Jr., the second Catholic president in the history of the United States.
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity — January 18-25, 2021: Abide in my love and you shall bear much fruit (cf. Jn 15:5-9)

Jan 15, 2021

The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity in 2021 was prepared by the Monastic Community of Grandchamp. The theme that was chosen,“Abide in my love and y
Virtual celebration in Kuala Lumpur

Jan 15, 2021

This year’s celebration on Jan 21 will be a virtual one due to the MCO and the state of emergency. Segments of the “Order of celebration” will be pre-recorded.
Christ is the light at Christmas

Jan 09, 2021

Joy to the world, the Lord has come. Yes, for the year 2020, we may have been crippled by the coronavirus, but the spirit of Christmas must be kept alive.