Vatican

Pope Francis: The Zairean Rite is a “promising model” for the Amazon

Dec 02, 2020

Pope Francis praises the Zairean Rite in a preface he wrote for a new book published by the Vatican Publishing House.
Vatican launches website dedicated to “Fratelli tutti” encyclical

Dec 02, 2020

The Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development announces a new, intuitive website dedicated to Pope Francis’ encyclical "Fratelli tutti".
Cardinal Grech: In encountering each person we come closer to Jesus

Dec 02, 2020

Cardinal Mario Grech describes the latest consistory and speaks of how Pope Francis’ most recent words have resonated with him.
Pope Francis: Charity of St Andrew, encouragement in difficult times

Dec 01, 2020

Pope Francis sends a message to his Holiness, Patriarch Bartholomew I, Archbishop of Constantinople, on the feast of the Apostle Andrew, patron saint of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.
The Pope and the new Cardinals visit Benedict XVI

Dec 01, 2020

Pope Emeritus, Benedict XVI, greeted and blessed the 13 new Cardinals whom he met in the chapel of the “Mater Ecclesiae” monastery in the Vatican after the consistory.
Pope spells out six points on which to build social rights

Dec 01, 2020

Pope Francis sends a videomessage to social justice judges of the American and African continents and urges them to base their material reshaping of social justice on six fundamental points.
Vatican launches “A Light Has Shone” initiative for Christmas season

Dec 01, 2020

The Pontifical Academy for Life launches a campaign of Christmas greetings beginning from 1 December to spread a message of hope and peace to the world amid the ongoing health crisis.
Pope tells Bartholomew that trust will help achieve full unity

Dec 01, 2020

Francis sends a message to the Ecumenical Patriarch on the feast day of Saint Andrew, teh Patriarchate’s patron saint. The "primary duty" of Christians is to offer an example of dialogue, mutual respect, and cooperation to a world where war will end when people realise that they are brothers and sisters.
Pope Francis warns new cardinals against being ‘eminences’

Dec 01, 2020

Pope Francis warned new Catholic cardinals against looking at their position as an honor, saying that church leaders should be servants to others.
Pope to social rights judges: justice is truly just when it makes people happy

Dec 01, 2020

Pope Francis sends a video message to judges from the Committee of Social Rights of Africa and America, urging them to promote justice, dignity and equality.