Vatican

Pope Francis is raising hopes ahead of PNG tour

Aug 28, 2024

Pope Francis has shown a determination to meet his flock in the farthest corners of the globe and when he touches down in Port Moresby on Sept. 6 for a four-day tour of Papua New Guinea, the 87-year-old pontiff will have delivered on an invitation made almost eight years ago.
Pope Francis pays tribute to St. Monica on her feast day

Aug 28, 2024

Pope Francis briefly left the Vatican today to visit the Church of Saint Augustine in Rome, where the remains of St. Monica, the mother of the Bishop of Hippo are kept.
Pope Francis receives Ecuador’s new ambassador to the Holy See, Edmundo Uribe

Aug 28, 2024

Pope Francis received at the Vatican on Aug. 26 Ecuador’s new ambassador to the Holy See, Edmundo Uribe Pérez.
Pope: Young people do not need us. They need God!

Aug 27, 2024

Pope Francis urges religious to help young people realize their great need for God in their lives as he welcomes Oblates of St. Joseph in the Vatican.
Pope dwells on significance of liturgical prayer in the life of the Church

Aug 27, 2024

Pope Francis sends a message to participants in the 74th National Liturgical Week, held in the northern Italian town of Modena-Nonantola. The gathering on the theme, “The Fruit of Lips that Confess His Name” focusses on the importance of communal liturgical prayer, sacred music, silence, and liturgical ministries.
Pope: ‘Lebanon must remain a project for peace’

Aug 27, 2024

Pope Francis meets a group of families of victims of the 2020 devastating explosion at the port of Beirut, expressing solidarity in their quest for truth and justice, and again invokes peace in the Middle East.
Pope at Angelus: Seek and remain in the Lord for fullness of life

Aug 26, 2024

In his reflections for the Sunday Angelus, Pope Francis encourages us to be like the first disciples by seeking the Lord and always remaining with Him for the fullness of life that brings eternal joy.
Pope expresses solidarity with those suffering from Mpox, especially in DRC

Aug 26, 2024

Following the Angelus, Pope Francis offers his solidarity with Mpox sufferers, especially in the Democratic Republic of Congo, struggling with the outbreak, now a global health emergency.. He also offers his consolation to the people of Nicaragua, encouraging them to renew their hope in Jesus.
Pope Francis appeals for religious freedom in Ukraine

Aug 26, 2024

In his words following the Sunday Angelus, Pope Francis expresses his fears over Kyiv's decision to ban the Orthodox Church linked to the Moscow Patriarchate. He appeals: "Let no Christian Church be abolished directly or indirectly."
Pope to Scout leaders: Seek to serve disadvantaged in fraternal communion

Aug 26, 2024

Pope Francis sends a message to participants in a meeting of the Catholic Association of Italian Guides and Scouts (AGESCI), and invites scout leaders to show young people a Christian path toward fraternal communion and service to one another.