Vatican

Pope at Mass: Seek God's face in the poor, sick, abandoned and foreigners

Jul 09, 2020

Pope Francis celebrates the 7th anniversary of his visit to the migrants in the Italian island of Lampedusa with a Mass in the Casa Santa Marta chapel.
Pope appoints new members to Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue

Jul 09, 2020

Pope Francis names new members to the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue.
Conjoined twins can have 'normal lives' after Vatican hospital performs separation surgery

Jul 09, 2020

Twins who were conjoined at the head are likely to return home within months from the Vatican’s pediatric hospital where their bodies were successfull
Vatican’s Commission for Covid-19: More spending on healthcare, less on weapons

Jul 09, 2020

The Vatican's Commission for Covid-19 highlights the importance of re-thinking healthcare systems and channeling financial efforts into aid rather than weapons, especially as the world tackles coronavirus.
Where is your brother? From Lampedusa to Covid: the challenge of fraternity

Jul 08, 2020

Seven years after his visit to the island of Lampedusa, Pope Francis’s appeal to us to feel and see each other as brothers and sisters is even more urgent. As we prepare for the post-pandemic era, there is no way to save ourselves alone: brotherhood is the only way to build the future.
The pandemic should stop military spending and promote human security

Jul 08, 2020

At a press conference titled “Preparing the future, building peace in the time of COVID-19,” Card Turkson said: “As the world takes emergency measures to address a global pandemic and a global economic recession, both underpinned by a global climate emergency, we must also consider the implications for peace of these interconnected crises.”
Remembering Ennio Morricone and his sense of the Sacred

Jul 07, 2020

The Oscar-winning composer, Ennio Morricone, whose music defined the atmosphere and success of hundreds of films of all genres, has died in Rome, aged 91. Lesser known are his production of Sacred Music and his admiration for Pope Francis.
Cardinal Ravasi recalls Ennio Morricone as a man of faith

Jul 07, 2020

The President of the Pontifical Council for Culture, Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, shares his memories of Oscar-winning Italian composer Ennio Morricone, who died on Monday in Rome at the age of 91.
Pope to celebrate Mass for 7th anniversary of Lampedusa visit

Jul 06, 2020

Pope Francis will celebrate Mass on Wednesday to mark the seventh anniversary of his first papal trip outside Rome, which saw him visit the Italian island of Lampedusa to offer comfort to migrants.
A magisterium for peace and against hypocrisy

Jul 06, 2020

Pope Francis expresses his support for the UN resolution for a global and immediate ceasefire, which would bring relief to people at war and enable them to fight the Covid-19 pandemic.