Vatican News

  • Senior fellow at the National Catholic Bioethics Center Joseph Meaney speaks to “EWTN News Nightly” anchor Tracy Sabol on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. / Credit: “EWTN News Nightly” CNA Staff, Nov 20, 2024 / 14:30 pm (CNA). Vietnam, a country with one of the highest abortion rates in the world, spearheaded a United Nations initiative […]
  • Pope Francis greets pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square for his Wednesday general audience on Nov. 20, 2024, at the Vatican. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA Vatican City, Nov 20, 2024 / 13:25 pm (CNA). To mark 1,000 days since the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine war, Pope Francis shared the “testimony of faith” of a Ukrainian […]
  • Before the wooden coffin is closed, Pope Benedict XVI’s personal secretary Archbishop Georg Gänswein and Monsignor Diego Giovanni Ravelli, the Vatican’s lead master of ceremonies for papal liturgies, place a white veil over the late pope’s face. The action on Jan. 4, 2023, is part of the funeral rites for popes. / Credit: Vatican Media […]
  • Blessed Carlo Acutis (left) and Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati / Credit: Diocese of Assisi/Public domain via Wikimedia Commons Rome Newsroom, Nov 20, 2024 / 05:58 am (CNA). Pope Francis announced Wednesday that Blessed Carlo Acutis and Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, two young Catholics beloved for their vibrant faith and witness to holiness, will be canonized […]
  • Pope Francis attends a Vatican screening of the 2022 documentary “Freedom on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom” on Feb. 24, 2023. / Credit: Vatican Media CNA Staff, Nov 19, 2024 / 13:30 pm (CNA). In a letter sent to Archbishop Visvaldas Kulbokas, apostolic nuncio to Ukraine, on Nov. 19, Pope Francis expressed his great sorrow […]
  • Pope Francis prays during the Synod on Synodality closing Mass on Oct. 27, 2024, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media CNA Staff, Nov 18, 2024 / 18:15 pm (CNA). Pope Francis’ call for an investigation into claims that a genocide may be happening in Gaza has garnered criticism. In a passage […]
  • “Sts. Peter and Paul,” Altar of St. Catherine (1465), Schwabach, Germany. Artist unknown. / Credit: Public domain Vatican City, Nov 18, 2024 / 17:45 pm (CNA). Nov. 18 is celebrated in the Catholic Church as the feast day of the Dedication of the Basilicas of Sts. Peter and Paul. Here are three things to know […]
  • Pope Francis was joined by thousands of pilgrims in the Vatican on Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024, to celebrate the eighth annual World Day of the Poor. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Nov 17, 2024 / 13:46 pm (CNA). Pope Francis was joined by thousands of pilgrims in the Vatican on Sunday to celebrate the […]
  • Cardinal Francis Arinze during the centenary celebrations of Bigard Memorial Major Seminary in Rome in November 2024. / Credit: Bigard Memorial Major Seminary Enugu, Nigeria, Nov 17, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA). Vatican-based Nigerian Church leader Cardinal Francis Arinze has urged priests to avoid lengthy homilies, saying a homily should not be an exhibition of […]
  • Pope Francis speaks at a Mass and canonization of 14 new saints in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA CNA Newsroom, Nov 16, 2024 / 15:00 pm (CNA). Pope Francis wants dioceses worldwide to shine a spotlight on their “saints next door” every year on Nov. 9.In a letter […]