Vatican

Pope Francis issues message on plight of child migrants in Mexico

Jul 16, 2014

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s Secretary of State, traveled to Mexico City for conversations with Mexican government officials on international migration and development, and Pope Francis has issued a message for the occasion.
Report: Pope says he will preach, offer apology at Roman Pentecostal church

Jul 15, 2014

Pope Francis said he will preach in a Pentecostal church in Rome this month and offer an apology, the global ambassador of the World Evangelical Alliance stated on his blog.
Vatican questions accuracy of new newspaper interview with Pope Francis

Jul 15, 2014

The director of the Holy See Press Office has issued a statement questioning the accuracy of statements attributed to Pope Francis in the July 13 edition of the Italian newspaper La Repubblica.
Pope's audience with elderly to explore vocation of old age

Jul 15, 2014

Organizers for the first-ever audience to be held between a pope and the elderly population have revealed that a central reflection will be the active vocation of the aged in the Church and in society.
Pope asks: what kind of soil is our heart?

Jul 14, 2014

Pope Francis devoted his July 13 Angelus address to the parable of the sower (Mt. 13:1-23), the Gospel reading at Mass that day.
Papal appeal for peace in Holy Land

Jul 14, 2014

Following his July 13 Angelus address, Pope Francis invited the crowd gathered in St. Peter’s Square to join him in silent prayer for peace.
Vatican dismisses Italian newspaper report on papal interview

Jul 14, 2014

The Vatican spokesperson said that Pope’s words reported in an article in the Italian newspaper “La Repubblica” cannot be considered with certainty Pope Francis words.
Vatican's new UN observer to face key challenges

Jul 11, 2014

Archbishop Bernardito Cleopas Auza, the new head of the Holy See’s Permanent Observer Mission to the United Nations, served on the front lines in response to Haiti’s disastrous 2010 earthquake.
Pope Francis to visit his close friend from Buenos Aires

Jul 11, 2014

The Vatican announced earlier today that Pope Francis has decided to pay a private visit to an evangelical pastor who is a close friend from his time in Buenos Aires, but currently lives in Italy.
Church leaders in Holy Land call for an end to violent cycle

Jul 10, 2014

In a declaration issued by the Catholic Ordinaries in the Holy Land, Church leaders decried ongoing violence in the region, criticizing leaders’ closed-mindedness, and calling for peaceful negotiations.