Category: Vatican News
Pope Francis gives new Vatican role to Cardinal Turkson
Pope Francis on Monday appointed Cardinal Peter Turkson as the new chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences. The...
Pope Francis to youth in Greece: Don’t be ‘prisoners of the cell phone’
Pope Francis urged young people in Athens on Monday not to be “prisoners of the cell phone,” but to truly share their lives with others. Speaking in a school sports...
Pope appoints first female secretary-general at Vatican
The appointment of Sister Raffaella Petrini follows that of Sister Nathalie Becquart, pictured, and Sister Alessandra Smerilli to senior roles. Sister Raffaella Petrini,...
Pope Francis encourages participation in 2021 Season of Creation
The ecumenical celebration of the 2021 Season of Creation—themed “A home for all? Renewing the Oikos of God”—runs from 1 September, the World Day of Prayer for...
Master of Papal Liturgical Ceremonies named bishop of Tortona
Pope Francis has appointed Monsignor Guido Marini, of the clergy of the Archdiocese of Genoa, as Bishop of the Diocese of Tortona, Italy. Monsignor Marini has been...
Pope expresses hope in young people on UN International Youth Day
Pope Francis has great faith in young people, whose youthful spirit, he says, can bring about a more just and equitable world, especially for the poor and needy. The...
Pope Francis: Literature and art must not exploit slave labour
Maurizio Maggiani, an Italian author who writes romance novels, recently discovered that his books are printed by exploiting people in slave-like conditions in Pakistan....
Pope to Ecumenical Delegation: We are called on to distinguish, discern and sift
Addressing the delegation of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople in the Vatican on Monday, Pope Francis noted that “this annual exchange of delegations...
Pope Francis departs on Apostolic Journey to Iraq
The Pope boarded an Alitalia A330 at Fiumicino airport on Friday morning to begin his visit to the Middle Eastern nation of Iraq. The papal plane took off at 7:45 AM,...
Pope appeals for release of 317 schoolgirls kidnapped in Nigeria
Speaking at the Angelus prayer on Sunday, Pope Francis forcefully condemned the “vile kidnapping of 317 girls” in Nigeria’s Zamfara State. He invited everyone to...
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