Vatican News

Catholic leaders urge EU to be guided by solidarity in vaccine distribution

rome newsroom, feb 23, 2021 / 07:05 am mt ( cna ) .- catholic leaders in europe have urged the european union to be guided by solidarity, fr...
Hannah Brockhaus

"Vatican Justice" Doesn't Hold Water

so, the big news out of the vatican this week – some of it, at any rate – was that pope francis has again tweaked the vatican’s criminal jus...
Christopher Altieri

Pope Francis visits Shoah survivor, poet Edith Bruck

pope francis called on edith bruck, the 88-year-old hungarian-born italian poet, playwright, director, novelist, and translator who survived...
Staff Reporter

Council for the Economy discusses 2021 Vatican budget

vatican city, feb 17, 2021 / 08:00 am mt ( cna ) .- the vatican’s council for the economy met on tuesday to discuss the details of the annua...
Hannah Brockhaus

A strange complaint: Pope Francis's speech to the Rota

pope francis recently lamented the fact that a declaration of matrimonial nullity “is thought of as a cold act, a mere ‘legal decision’.” in...
Charles Collins

Pope Francis modifies Vatican criminal code, citing ‘changing sensibilities’

vatican city, feb 16, 2021 / 06:10 am mt ( cna ) .- pope francis on tuesday made several modifications to the vatican’s criminal code, citin...
Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Francis praises Coptic Orthodox martyrs as 'saints of all Christians'

vatican city, feb 15, 2021 / 11:01 am mt ( cna ) .- pope francis has praised the courageous witness of the 21 coptic orthodox christians kil...
Hannah Brockhaus

Iraqi government imposes COVID restrictions weeks before papal visit

rome newsroom, feb 15, 2021 / 06:30 am mt ( cna ) .- the iraqi government has announced new covid-19 restrictions, including the closure of ...
Courtney Mares

The Rome church where you can venerate St. Valentine’s skull

rome, italy, feb 14, 2021 / 02:00 am mt ( cna ) .- when most people think of romantic love, a third-century skull crowned with flowers proba...
Hannah Brockhaus

Accused priest asserts innocence at Vatican seminary abuse hearing

vatican city, feb 10, 2021 / 11:00 am mt ( cna ) .- at a hearing on wednesday in a trial for alleged abuse and cover-up at a vatican youth s...
Hannah Brockhaus