Vatican

Christians have a duty to prevent, condemn child exploitation

Jan 17, 2025

Pope Francis used his first general audience of the year to address the scourge of exploitation and violence against children, urging Christians worldwide not to remain indifferent to their pain and suffering.
Pope: ‘Religions must work together to seek bridges of peace’

Jan 17, 2025

Pope Francis meets in the Vatican with a delegation of the Muslim Bektashi Order of Dervishes from Albania and highlights the critical role of interreligious dialogue in building a peaceful coexistence among peoples.
Pope at Audience: We must protect all little ones and never tolerate abuse

Jan 16, 2025

During his weekly General Audience, Pope Francis continues his catechesis on children and speaks specifically on defending and promoting the welfare of children, especially from unacceptable abuse and exploitation.
Pope appeals for aid to Myanmar's Kachin State after landslide

Jan 16, 2025

Pope Francis launches an appeal to help those suffering the aftermath of a landslide in a jade mining area in Myanmar's northern Kachin State, and asks the faithful to pray for the conversion of arms manufacturers who contribute to the countless killings perpetrated in conflicts worldwide.
Divest from companies that exploit kids, pope says

Jan 16, 2025

Pope Francis calls child abuse a despicable and heinous act, the most serious violation of God's commandments
Pope Francis' autobiography 'Hope' hits bookshelves in 80 countries

Jan 15, 2025

Pope Francis' widely-anticipated autobiography 'Hope' hits bookshelves in 80 countries this Jubilee, and includes narrated memories, anecdotes, photos, and elements offered personally to readers.
Pope makes new appointments to Roman Curia

Jan 14, 2025

Pope Francis appoints Monsignor Carlo Maria Polvani as Secretary of the Dicastery for Culture and Education, and Monsignor Filippo Ciampanelli, Undersecretary of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches, as titular bishop of Acque di Mauritania. He also names new Members of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, including two lay women.
Pope for inclusion of Romani people in the church

Jan 14, 2025

Francis recognized that their 'prophetic and countercultural' traits can positively contribute to the life of the church
Pope to families of newly baptized: it is the greatest gift

Jan 13, 2025

Pope Francis baptises 21 babies in the Sistine Chapel on the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord.
Pope at Angelus: ‘Through Baptism we are reborn to new life’

Jan 13, 2025

Pope Francis reflects on the Baptism of the Lord which, he says, serves as a reminder of the intimacy of God’s love, manifested in the humanity of Jesus, and invites believers to carry this love forward, living as children of the one Father who accompanies us at every step of our journey.