Vatican
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Vatican envoy says pope will visit Timor-Leste this year
Mar 03, 2022
Pope Francis' planned visit to Catholic-majority Timor-Leste has been confirmed for this year, according to a senior official in the Catholic-majority nation's apostolic nunciature.
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Pope: Lets accompany the people who are suffering from the bombings
Mar 02, 2022
In his greeting to the Polish faithful at the General Audience in the Vatican, the Pope thanks the people of Poland for their generosity towards people fleeing the war in Ukraine and asks all men and women of goodwill to be close to the population that is suffering the bombings and violence.
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Pope at Audience: Alliance of generations is indispensable
Mar 02, 2022
Pope Francis has begun a new cycle of catechesis on old age, focusing his second reflection in the series on long life as a “symbol and opportunity.”
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Pope: Those who wage war forget humanity
Mar 02, 2022
Again and again, Pope Francis has called for peace, stressing that "war is madness." His reiterated appeals continue to echo as the war rages on in Ukraine.
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We will not abandon the Ukrainian people
Mar 01, 2022
In the wake of the Russian invasion, many Ukrainians feel abandoned. But as the war continues, there has also been an eruption of solidarity with the Ukrainian people, from Europe and around the world. The Pope has called for a day dedicated to closeness with the suffering of the Ukrainian people: “God is with the peacemakers, not with those who use violence!”
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Pope Francis receives representatives of Iraqi Churches
Mar 01, 2022
Meeting a delegation of Iraqi Church religious leaders on Monday, Pope Francis encourages the local Christian communities to continue promoting dialogue so as to build fraternity and counteract extremism and fundamentalism.
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Pope: Zayed Award, a step forward on common journey of fraternity
Mar 01, 2022
Pope Francis congratulates the three recipients of the 2022 Zayed Award for Human Fraternity in a video message and invites them to continue in efforts on the path toward human fraternity.
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Parolin calls for escalation to end and negotiations to begin
Feb 28, 2022
The Cardinal Secretary of State speaks with Italian journalists: “To widen the conflict would be a gigantic catastrophe.”
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Pope: 'Silence all weapons. Those who wage war forget humanity!'
Feb 28, 2022
Pope Francis renews his invitation to set aside 2 March as a Day of Prayer and Fasting for Peace in Ukraine, and decries the "diabolical and perverse logic of weapons" which, he says, is far from the will of God.
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Pope at Angelus: Strive to see clearly and speak charitably
Feb 28, 2022
Reflecting on the Sunday Gospel reading, Pope Francis invites us to reflect on how we look at ourselves, others and how we express ourselves in order purify our gaze and our speech.
Sunday Reflection
Embracing the wisdom of the human heart
Reflecting on our Sunday Readings with Fr George Vaithynathan