By Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Jul 31, 2025 / 10:41 am The Vatican has seen a boom in requests for blessings from the new pope, with at least a 30% increase during Leo XIV’s first month reflecting enthusiasm over the start of a new pontificate — and highlighting a traditional practice …

by Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, May 3, 2022 / 03:05 am Pope Francis has said that he will not visit Ukraine right now, but he would like to meet Vladimir Putin in Moscow if the Russian president is willing. In an interview with the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera, published May 3, …

by CNA Staff Lublin, Poland, Mar 7, 2022 / 05:35 am A Vatican cardinal has said that he will travel as far as he can in Ukraine to express Pope Francis’ solidarity with the suffering population. Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, the papal almoner, said he intended to enter the war-torn country …