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Pope Francis visits Russian embassy to Vatican ‘to show his concern’ at Ukraine conflict
by Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Feb 25, 2022 / 04:57 am Pope Francis visited the Russian Embassy to the Holy See on Friday morning, according to the Vatican press office. The Vatican said on Feb. 25 that the pope went to the embassy “to show his concern for the war.” …
Cat-astrophe averted: Vatican firefighters save feline stuck on colonnade above St. Peter’s Square
by Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Feb 15, 2022 / 06:17 am Vatican firefighters successfully rescued a cat on Tuesday after it became stuck on top of the colonnade surrounding St. Peter’s Square. Several times during the late morning on Feb. 15 the firemen ascended to the top of the portico …
Pope Francis changes structure of Vatican doctrinal office
by Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Feb 14, 2022 / 04:35 am Pope Francis on Monday reorganized the internal structure of the Vatican’s doctrine office into two sections — the latest step in his ongoing reform of the Roman Curia. In a letter issued motu proprio (of his own accord) on Feb. 14, …
Vatican: Number of Catholics worldwide rose by 16 million in 2020
By CNA Staff Vatican City, Feb 11, 2022 / 13:00 pm The number of Catholics worldwide increased by an estimated 16 million in 2020 to 1.36 billion, according to statistics released on Friday by the Vatican. The rise was in line with global population growth in the year that the coronavirus …
Cardinal Parolin and Archbishop Peña Parra test positive for COVID-19
by Courtney Mares Vatican City, Jan 18, 2022 / 07:05 am Cardinal Pietro Parolin and Archbishop Edgar Peña Parra have tested positive for COVID-19, the Holy See press office confirmed on Tuesday. Parolin, the Vatican Secretary of State, has “very mild” symptoms, while his Venezuelan substitute, Peña Parra, is asymptomatic, …
Pope Francis laments ‘cancel culture’ in annual address to diplomats
by CNA Staff Vatican City, Jan 10, 2022 / 04:20 am Pope Francis lamented “cancel culture” in an address to diplomats at the Vatican on Monday. Delivering his annual “state of the world” address on Jan. 10, the pope said that international organizations were increasingly pursuing “divisive” agendas at odds with the …
Vatican insiders: Reports of Cardinal Peter Turkson’s resignation ‘credible’
by Andrea Gagliarducci Rome Newsroom, Dec 17, 2021 / 15:44 pm Cardinal Peter Turkson’s tenure as prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development may be coming to an end. Various Vatican sources told CNA that a recent report by a traditionalist blog claiming that Turkson was set to resign is …
Traditionis custodes: Vatican further tightens restrictions on Traditional Latin Mass
by Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Dec 18, 2021 / 04:36 am The Vatican issued Saturday further strict guidelines on the celebration of the Traditional Latin Mass, in response to questions about the motu proprio Traditionis custodes. The explanatory document, which bans confirmations and ordinations according to pre-Vatican II Roman Missals, was published …
Joe Biden says Pope Francis told him to ‘keep receiving Communion’
by Matt Hadro Washington D.C., Oct 29, 2021 / 10:07 am According to multiple news reports, President Joe Biden on Friday said that Pope Francis told him to “keep receiving Communion.” President Biden met with the pope in person for 75 minutes on Friday. According to the White House pool …
Pope Francis names Jeffrey Sachs to pontifical academy
by CNA Staff Vatican City, Oct 25, 2021 / 06:30 am Pope Francis on Monday appointed the economist Jeffrey Sachs to the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences. The Holy See press office said on Oct. 25 that the pope had named Sachs as an “ordinary member” of the academy founded …
