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Category: Vatican News

Full text : Pope’s message for 35th World Youth celebration

Dear Young People, In October 2018, with the Synod of Bishops on Young People, the Faith and Vocational Discernment, the Church undertook a process of reflection on...

Pope’s Message for Lent 2020

Below is the full text of the Pope’s Message:   “We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God” (2 Cor 5:20) Dear Brothers and Sisters, This year...

Querida Amazonia : Pope Francis’ Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation on the Amazon Region

“The beloved Amazon region stands before the world in all its splendour, its drama and its mystery.” Thus begins the Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation, Querida...

Bishops of Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe consider forming new regional body

The first Consultative Meeting of the Catholic Bishops of Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe took place from 3 to 5 February in Lusaka, Zambia. Enhancing pastoral collaboration...

Pope converts Vatican palace into homeless shelter

Back in November, Pope Francis blessed a project that he dubbed the “Palace of the Poor,” a refurbished Calasanziane convent dating back to the early 1800s. The...

SUPER NUNS: the fearless sisters fighting human trafficking

Pope Francis has repeatedly shone the spotlight on the scourge of human trafficking and appealed for concrete and concerted action to root out its causes and protect the...

Vatican donates over 600,000 masks to China to fight Coronavirus

The Vatican has donated thousands of protective masks to several Chinese provinces affected by the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus. In an email to Catholic News...

Pope Francis urges pilgrims to be hospitable

The Holy Father, Pope Francis, during Papal Audience on Wednesday 22nd January 2020 held in the Paul VI Hall called on pilgrims to be hospitable to one another, all to...

Word of God Sunday to be marked on January 26

The Sunday of the Word of God will be celebrated for the first time on January 26  2020.  This is an initiative that Pope Francis entrusts to the whole Church so that...

Vatican enters framework agreement with DRC on matters of common interest

On Friday, January 17, His Eminence Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State, and His Excellency Mr. Félix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo, President of the Democratic...