Vatican News

  • A visual tour of the Holy Doors Pope Francis will open for the 2025 Jubilee
    The Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 21, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA). The rite of opening the Holy Doors of the main basilicas of Rome to inaugurate the 2025 Jubilee Year is perhaps one of the most solemn events of the Catholic Church, with centuries […]
  • Pope Francis sends special Christmas gift to the people of war-torn Ukraine
    Pope Francis blesses small mobile medical unit being donated to Ukraine. / Credit: Dicastery for the Service of Charity ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 19, 2024 / 15:25 pm (CNA). “Martyred” Ukraine has occupied a special place in Pope Francis’ heart since the Russian army invaded the country in February 2022.The pontiff has regularly called for […]
  • Pope Francis prays for Cyclone Chido victims in France’s poorest overseas territory
    Pope Francis addresses pilgrims gathered for his general audience on Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Dec 18, 2024 / 11:30 am (CNA). Pope Francis on Wednesday prayed especially for Cyclone Chido victims in the French territory of Mayotte during his weekly general audience.Before greeting thousands of pilgrims […]
  • Pope Francis declares French Martyrs of Compiègne saints via equipollent canonization
    Blessed Martyrs of Compiègne were guillotined for their faith on July 17, 1794. / Photo illustration. Vatican City, Dec 18, 2024 / 11:17 am (CNA). Pope Francis has officially declared the 16 Discalced Carmelite nuns of Compiègne, executed during the Reign of Terror in the French Revolution, as saints through the rare procedure of “equipollent […]
  • One year later, Vatican document on same-sex blessings not causing much of a stir
    Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, the Vatican’s current doctrinal chief and principal drafter of “Fiducia Supplicans,” is shown during the Synod on Synodality at the Vatican, Oct. 9, 2023. / Credit: Edward Pentin/National Catholic Register National Catholic Register, Dec 18, 2024 / 11:00 am (CNA). Around this time last year, a Vatican document authorizing priests to […]
  • Pope Francis calls on young people to protect their authenticity and dignity at work
    Pope Francis speaks with young men during a general audience. / Credit: Vatican Media ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 18, 2024 / 10:15 am (CNA). In a message addressed to young people entering the workforce, Pope Francis, alluding to bosses, advised them not to “give in to requests that humiliate you or cause you discomfort, to […]
  • Pope Francis at 88: Age-old wisdom, intergenerational dialogue at heart of evangelization
    Pope Francis is presented with a birthday cake aboard the papal plane on the return from his trip to Corsica on Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Vatican City, Dec 17, 2024 / 09:20 am (CNA). Pope Francis, who celebrates his 88th birthday today, has become one of the oldest-serving popes in the […]
  • Pope Francis to Filipino community in Spain: The Church ‘is a warm and welcoming home’
    Pope Francis meets with members of the Filipino community at the Vatican's Consistory Hall on Monday, Dec. 16, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Dec 16, 2024 / 09:30 am (CNA). Pope Francis welcomed members of a Filipino community living in Spain to the Vatican on Monday, reminding them that they have a home […]
  • Pope Francis calls on Vatican Christmas concert artists to promote peace, reconciliation
    Pope Francis greets artists and participants of the 2024 Vatican Christmas Concert in the Clementine Hall on Dec. 14, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media CNA Newsroom, Dec 14, 2024 / 09:00 am (CNA). Pope Francis called on musicians and artists to serve as “angels of peace” during his address to participants of the 2024 Vatican […]
  • Overturning Nancy Pelosi’s Communion ban: It’s too late for an appeal, expert says
    Pope Francis meets with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi at the Vatican on Oct. 9, 2021. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Dec 13, 2024 / 16:35 pm (CNA). Despite former speaker Nancy Pelosi’s recent statement that she has appealed to the Vatican to overturn the Communion ban imposed on her because of her position on […]