Vatican News

Michael Courtney – the man who could have been pope

it was the evening of monday 29 december, 2003. a car carrying the yellow and white vatican flag was travelling towards bujumbura, the capit...

Pope Francis greets Auschwitz survivor at General Audience

pope francis greets auschwitz-birkenau survivor lidia maksymowicz at the weekly general audience on 26 may 2021 (image © vatican media) &nbs...

Synodality can work ... if leadership lets it

the mechanism of the salisbury cathedral clock shortly after its restoration, july 1956. (folb/topical press agency/hulton archive/getty ima...

Charles Collins

Pope launches seven-year journey to total sustainability

pope francis has launched a seven-year “laudato sí action platform” aimed at helping communities become “totally sustainable, in the spirit ...

Pope Francis turns out troubled Vatican seminary

altar boys at st peter's basilica on 13 march 2015. (alberto pizzoli/afp via getty images)   pope francis has decided that the boys' co...

Is Anybody Listening? Pope Questions Reach of Vatican Comms

pope francis punctuated his first ever visit to vatican radio with a pointed critique of the ongoing reform of communications. “i have only ...

Pope Francis Postpones Synod on Synodality, Expands 'Preparatory' Programme

cardinal mario grech (r) receives his red hat as he is created cardinal by pope francis (l) on november 28, 2020 at st. peter's basilica. (f...

Christopher Altieri

Pope Francis to Open Italian Bishops’ General Assembly

pope francis will make the short journey on monday to the ergife palace hotel in rome, where he will open the 74 th general assembly of the ...

Contradictory Testimony in Vatican Abuse and Coverup Trial

-- rome -- witnesses contradicted themselves and each other on wednesday, when they gave evidence in a trial dealing with charges of abuse a...

Christopher Altieri

With new motu proprio, Pope Francis creates 'lay ministry' of catechist

by virtue of his apostolic authority, pope francis on monday established the “lay ministry of catechist” as “a stable form of service render...