VATICAN CITY - A press conference was held at the Holy See Press Office on 25 Jan 2018 to launch the International Catechesis in preparation for the World Meeting of Families, in Dublin, Ireland. There are seven months to go…
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis said Wednesday that moments of silence in the Mass should be intentional times of prayer, recollection, and communion with God, rather than being viewed as times to just be quiet or not speak. “Silence is not reduced…
VATICAN CITY - As Christians around the world celebrate the birth of Jesus, the Pope has depicted suffering reflected “in the faces of little children,” citing war and other tensions in places including the Middle East, Africa and the Korean Peninsula.…
VATICAN CITY - In a front-page article in L’Osservatore Romano, the priest who serves as a Vatican representative on an ICANN (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) committee discussed net neutrality, the Catholic World News posted on its news portal on 20…
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis has written the preface to a new book that contains his various pronouncements on the vocation to the diaconate which he says is “primarily realised in the service of the poor.” The book by the Reverend…
VATICAN CITY - The Vatican's online survey aims to reach a maximum number of young people in preparation for the Synod of Bishop's assembly next year on Young People, Faith and Vocational Discernment by extending its deadline, La Croix International…
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis has established a third section, or department, of the Secretariat of State of the Holy See, which reportedly began its operations on 9 Nov 2017. The new section is named “Section for the Diplomatic Staff,”…
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis called for the common good and ethical responsibility in science and technology in his meeting with the participants of the Pontifical Council for Culture on 18 Nov 2017. "Science, like any other human activity, has…
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis celebrated Mass on Sunday, 19 Nov 2017 – the 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time and the first World Day of the Poor – in St Peter’s Basilica here. "If in the eyes of the world they…
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis addressed end-of-life issues in his letter to the participants of a World Medical Association meeting on 16 Nov 2017. “The anguish associated with conditions that bring us to the threshold of human mortality, and…