Vatican

Universal health coverage needed to build healthier world

Apr 10, 2021

In his message to mark World Health Day, the Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Human Integral Development, Cardinal Peter Turkson, highlights the importance of building more equitable and more just health systems.
Cantalamessa on Good Friday: Cross, the Christological foundation of fraternity

Apr 10, 2021

On Good Friday, Pope Francis celebrated the Liturgy of the Passion of the Lord at the Altar of the Chair in St Peter’s Basilica. Please find below the full text of the homily by Cardinal Raniero Cantalamessa, OFM Cap, preacher of the papal household.
Children write meditations for Vatican’s Way of the Cross

Apr 10, 2021

This year’s Way of the Cross on Good Friday with Pope Francis took place in St Peter’s Square and featured meditations and drawings composed by children and young people from Rome.
Global COVID-19 recovery plan message to World Bank and IMF

Apr 10, 2021

Pope Francis appealed for a global coronavirus recovery plan in a message to participants in the spring meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Pope Francis recalls love for Eucharistic adoration from his youth

Apr 10, 2021

Pope Francis sends a handwritten note to Alpha and Omega Catholic weekly in reply to a record from his youth containing his name as one of the faithful nocturnal adorers who prayed at the Basilica of the Blessed Sacrament in his home country, Argentina.
Vatican Museums to reopen on May 3

Apr 09, 2021

Booking is required as are punctuality, masks and social distancing. The Vatican Gardens will also be open for visits.
Pope backs multi-faith efforts to eradicate child sexual abuse

Apr 09, 2021

Participants at an International Symposium on strategies for preventing and healing child sexual abuse receive a message of encouragement and gratitude from Pope Francis.
Pope Francis: Too much exclusion for a world in which all are equal

Apr 09, 2021

Pope Francis sends a letter to the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund as they begin their virtual spring meetings. In his letter, the Pope stresses the importance of developing a just and equal society for all.
A bird’s nest and healing: Vatican sponsors event on preventing sexual abuse

Apr 08, 2021

The Vatican teams up with Harvard University to host a virtual Symposium on preventing and healing child sexual abuse, an event which grew out of a bird’s nest presented to Pope Francis, according to Jennifer Wortham.
Pope Francis to young people: God is thirsty for you

Apr 08, 2021

“Francesco il guillare di Dio” is a new book authored by Cardinal Raniero Cantalamessa with the introduction written by Pope Francis. In it, the Pope encourages young people to respond to the call of God who never ceases to thirst for us.