Vatican

Pope: ‘Stop spiral of war now! War is always a defeat’

Jun 28, 2024

Pope Francis addresses members of ROACO, the Holy See’s humanitarian arm for the Oriental Churches, and renews his plea for peace, calling for solidarity with Eastern Christians fleeing conflicts.
Pope urges solidarity with Eastern Christians fleeing conflicts

Jun 28, 2024

Pope Francis expressed his concern that Christians fleeing the Holy Land and the whole of the Middle East will leave no Christian presence in the land "where it all began."
Pope: Latin America Commission must foster reconciliation, fraternity

Jun 28, 2024

Pope Francis invites the Pontifical Commission for Latin America to support local Churches and the Holy See in their mission to build bridges of reconciliation, inclusion, and fraternity.
Credible witness requires concrete acts of love, Pope tells Sacred Heart priests

Jun 27, 2024

Pope Francis encourages Sacred Heart Priests (Dehonians) to pray for the gift of unity and to bear credible and effective witness through concrete acts of love.
Pope: Care for creation is an ethical and theological issue

Jun 27, 2024

Pope Francis releases his message for the 2024 World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, and appeals for humanity's conversion so that we acknowledge the disastrous effects of war and set ethical limits on the development of artificial intelligence.
Pope: All people should be free to choose and practice religion

Jun 27, 2024

Welcoming a delegation from the Mosque of the Italian city of Bologna, Pope Francis commends the friendship between Christians and Muslims and calls for all religions to be respected, free from proselytism and impediments.
Pope Francis unveils plan for Vatican to go solar

Jun 27, 2024

Pope Francis has announced measures to transition Vatican City to using solar energy as its main source of electricity, as outlined in his latest motu proprio titled Fratello Sole, or “Brother Sun.”
Pope orders construction of agrivoltaic plant for the Vatican

Jun 27, 2024

With the Apostolic Letter “Fratello sole,” issued motu proprio, Pope Francis provides for the construction of an agrivoltaic plant in the extraterritorial zone of Santa Maria in Galeria, where Vatican Radio maintains antennas for digital broadcasting.
Vatican calls for prayers, attention to seafarers

Jun 27, 2024

Ministering to seafarers and advocating for their rights and dignity can help bring these often invisible workers to the fore, said Cardinal Michael Czerny, prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development.
Pope greets Ukrainian wives and mothers, appeals for peace

Jun 26, 2024

Ahead of the upcoming Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, Pope Francis prays to the Patrons of Rome for peace in war-torn Ukraine, the Holy Land, and Myanmar.