Category: Vatican News

Archbishop Christophe Z. El Kassis delivers his first speech as the new Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations in New York on the importance of eliminating hate speech as it “poisons public discourse, inflames division, and too often prepares the ground for violence and persecution.” Read all  

The Vicar General of Rome speaks to Vatican News about the Church in the Eternal City, noting that “in Rome, it is difficult to die of hunger, but people certainly die of loneliness”. Read all  

A new report on Catholic generosity in the United Kingdom highlights the scale of Catholic wealth and charitable giving, while calling for greater collaboration among donors, charities, dioceses and financial professionals. Read all  

Representatives from charitable organizations active in the French capital reflect on the significance of the Pope’s upcoming visit to the Maison Bakhita Center for Social Support and Integration. They speak of philosophical “cafés” bringing together the homeless and women free to express themselves, of building “horizontal” relationships where everyone stands as equals, and of a … Continue reading “Parisian solidarity groups awaiting Pope’s visit”

The Episcopal Commission for Priestly and Religious Vocations, Seminaries, and Novitiates recently held a course for lecturers and formators in seminaries and religious houses of formation on Artificial Intelligence. The seminar was organised with Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, as its inspiration. Read all  

Ahead of Pope Leo XIV’s Apostolic Journey to Uruguay on November 6-8, the country’s Bishops make their ad limina Apostolorum visit to Rome and share their hopes as the Church seeks to proclaim Christ in a secularized society. Read all  

The UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, warns that as fighting continues, children are bearing the brunt of the conflict, and appeals to parties to the conflict to protect civilians, especially children, and not hinder humanitarian access. Read all  

The Holy See Secretary of State answers journalists’ questions AI regulation and the conflict in Ukraine. Read all  

On the 60th anniversary of ‘Nostra aetate’, which opened a new chapter in relations between Catholics and believers of other faiths, three Vatican Dicasteries publish a Note entitled “A Journey of Hope,” renewing the call to counter fundamentalism, protect religious freedom, and build coexistence founded on fraternity. Read all  

Cardinals Victor Fernádez, Kurt Koch, and George Koovakad – the Prefects respectively of the Dicasteries for the Doctrine of the Faith, for the Promotion of Christian Unity, and for Interreligious Dialogue – comment on the Note ‘A Journey of Hope: Sixty Years of Interreligious Dialogue and Fraternity in the Light of the Conciliar Declaration Nostra … Continue reading “‘A Journey of Hope’: Prefects call for dialogue”

Marking the release of “A Journey of Hope,” Cardinal Victor Fernández, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, grants an interview to Vatican News to reflect on the 60th anniversary of Nostra aetate. Read all  

Marking the release of “A Journey of Hope,” Cardinal Kurt Koch, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Promotion of Christian Unity, grants an interview to Vatican News to reflect on the 60th anniversary of Nostra aetate. Read all  

Marking the release of “A Journey of Hope,” Cardinal George Jacob Koovakad, Prefect of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue, grants an interview to Vatican News to reflect on the 60th anniversary of Nostra aetate. Read all  

Continuing his catechesis on “Gaudium et spes”, Pope Leo highlights how recognizing the interconnectedness of people challenges us to “evaluate today’s social and political projects based on the criteria of the dignity of the human person” with the goal of building a better world. Read all  

Addressing participants in the Conference, titled, ’21st Century: A New Age of Martyrs?’ organized by the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints and the Dicastery’s Commission for New Martyrs – Witnesses of the Faith, Pope Leo XIV commends the witnesses as “stars shining in the darkness of selfishness and oppression” who “help the Church to … Continue reading “Pope Leo XIV: New martyrs reflect Christ’s light to the world”

In 1567, St Stanislaus Kostka left Vienna and crossed Germany on his way to Rome, hoping to enter the Society of Jesus against his father’s wishes. This year, young Polish pilgrims retraced the same 1,713-kilometer route to pray for vocations. At the tomb of St Stanislaus in the Church of Sant’Andrea al Quirinale in Rome, … Continue reading “A pilgrimage in the footsteps of St. Stanislaus Kostka reaches Rome”

The Apostolic Vicar of Northern Arabia and the Greek Catholic Metropolitan of Kuwait and Baghdad jointly led a pilgrimage to Mount Athos, which took place from September 6 to 9. The delegation received the blessing of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and was able to visit twelve of the twenty monasteries. Read all  

The funerals of the 27 victims of the fire that devastated a school on 10 September in the Cimpunda district of Bukavu, capital of South Kivu Province in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have taken place. Read all  

A medieval treasure linking faith, history and craftsmanship is being brought back to life through a new facsimile edition. The first of five volumes of the Bible of Aquileia is presented to the Pontifical Academies of Sciences and of Social Sciences in the Vatican. Read all  

In his remarks at the 70th General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency, the Secretary for Relations with States and International Organizations, Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, calls for the responsible use of nuclear technology, which is “inseparable from the commitments and responsibilities that accompany it.” Read all