Vatican News

  • Pope Francis to Vladimir Putin: A negotiated peace is better than an endless war
    Pope Francis prays during his Wednesday general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on April 24, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media ACI Prensa Staff, Apr 25, 2024 / 16:10 pm (CNA). Asked during a new interview if he has any message for Vladimir Putin, the Russian president who instigated the war in Ukraine, […]
  • Pope Francis may visit United States in September after UN invitation
    Pope Francis speaks to the United Nations General Assembly in New York City, Sept. 25, 2015. / Credit: L’Osservatore Romano Rome Newsroom, Apr 25, 2024 / 07:22 am (CNA). Pope Francis is reportedly considering returning to the United States in September to speak before the United Nations General Assembly.The news was initially reported by the […]
  • Cisco CEO meets Pope Francis, signs AI ethics pledge at Vatican
    Chuck Robbins, the chief executive of the multinational digital communications conglomerate Cisco, signs the Rome Call for AI Ethics, a document by the Pontifical Academy for Life, on April 24, 2024, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Apr 24, 2024 / 11:06 am (CNA). The CEO of Cisco Systems signed the Vatican’s […]
  • Pope Francis: Theological virtues are the ‘fundamental attributes’ of a Christian life
    Pope Francis addresses pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican for his Wednesday general audience on April 24, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Apr 24, 2024 / 09:09 am (CNA). Pope Francis on Wednesday opened a new chapter in his ongoing catechetical series on virtues by pivoting to a reflection on […]
  • Pope Francis to meet with thousands of grandparents and their grandchildren at the Vatican
    Pope Francis greets an elderly couple at a general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media ACI Prensa Staff, Apr 22, 2024 / 17:00 pm (CNA). “A Caress and a Smile” is the name of the event that will take place Saturday, April 27, in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall […]
  • Pope Francis: Christ the Good Shepherd ‘looks for us until he finds us’ when we’re lost
    Pope Francis waves to pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square on April 21, 2024, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Apr 21, 2024 / 09:36 am (CNA). Pope Francis reflected on the image of Christ as the Good Shepherd during his Regina Caeli address Sunday, noting that it is a role characterized […]
  • Pope Francis to canonize new female saint known as ‘an apostle of the Holy Spirit’
    Blessed Elena Guerra. / Credit: Oblates of the Holy Spirit Rome Newsroom, Apr 20, 2024 / 08:30 am (CNA). Pope Francis has approved a miracle attributed to the intercession of Blessed Elena Guerra, paving the way for the canonization of a new female saint known as “an apostle of the Holy Spirit.”A friend of Pope […]
  • Pope Francis names Filipino priest an auxiliary bishop of Sacramento
    Pope Francis on April 20, 2024, named Father Reynaldo Bersabal as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Sacramento, California.  / Credit: Steve German/Diocese of Sacramento Rome Newsroom, Apr 20, 2024 / 07:40 am (CNA). Pope Francis has named Father Reynaldo Bersabal as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Sacramento, California. The Vatican announced on […]
  • Pope Francis issues motu proprio on Vatican judiciary retirement age and benefits
    Pope Francis addresses the faithful at his Wednesday general audience on March 27, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Apr 19, 2024 / 10:07 am (CNA). In the latest move in Pope Francis’ reform of the Vatican judiciary, the pope issued a new motu proprio on Friday on the retirement age and benefits for […]
  • Ex-Jesuit, alleged abuser Rupnik listed as consultant in 2024 Pontifical Yearbook
    Father Marko Rupnik. / Credit: Screen shot/ACI Prensa ACI Prensa Staff, Apr 18, 2024 / 16:30 pm (CNA). Father Marko Rupnik, a priest dismissed from the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) in 2023 — accused since 2018 of having committed serious sexual, spiritual, and psychological abuse against at least 20 women in the Loyola Community that […]