Vatican

Emphasis on women and accountability in document for second Synod session

Jul 19, 2024

The Holy See Press Office releases the 'Instrumentum Laboris', the text that will guide the work of the second session of the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod in October. Among the focuses of the document are the need for transparency and accountability, and the role of women in the Church.
Pope Francis adds two vice directors to Vatican communication dicastery

Jul 19, 2024

Pope Francis on July 18, Thursday added two new vice directors to the senior management of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Communication.
Pope Francis visits the children of the Vatican Summer Camp

Jul 18, 2024

Pope Francis, as he does every year, pays a special visit to the children and staff of the Vatican's Summer Camp for the children of Vatican employees.
Martinelli: Instrumentum Laboris provides clear direction for the Synodal Assembly

Jul 18, 2024

Interview with Bishop Paolo Martinelli, Apostolic Vicar of Southern Arabia, on the "Instrumentum laboris" for the upcoming second session of the General Assembly of the Synod.
Pope marks 1500 years of veneration of ancient Marian image

Jul 18, 2024

Pope Francis sends a letter to Fr Antonio Piccolo, marking the 1500th anniversary of the veneration of Santa Maria in Portico and encouraging the Order of Clerics Regular of the Mother of God to continue with their mission of charity, peacebuilding, and evangelization.
Pope Francis: 'Let your youth be a gift for Jesus'

Jul 17, 2024

In a message to a gathering of youth ministers in Paraguay, Pope Francis calls on young faithful to let Christ transform them, and to live their youth 'as a gift for Jesus' and the world.
Pope appoints new ambassador to Nigeria

Jul 17, 2024

Pope Francis appoints the Irish Archbishop Michael Francis Crotty as Apostolic Nuncio to Nigeria.
Pope urges religious to pray for vocations

Jul 15, 2024

In a rare July audience, Pope Francis calls on religious from various orders to pray for vocations that will carry their charisms into the future.
Pope at Angelus: Don't distance yourself from Christ's joy

Jul 15, 2024

During his Sunday Angelus address, Pope Francis calls on faithful to draw closer to Christ by bringing with them only the essentials.
Pope Francis receives Russian Orthodox Metropolitan Antonij

Jul 15, 2024

Russian Metropolitan Antonij of Volokolamsk, head of the Department for External Relations of the Patriarchate of Moscow, meets Pope Francis in the Vatican.