Vatican

Corporate Dispatch Morning Briefing and News Review

Good morning 52 persons have died and over 300 injured as a number of churches and hotels were targeted in explosions in Sri Lanka, while heavy bombing erupted in South…

Read More Here

Pope’s Easter vigil Mass calls on worshipers to live for God not material things

Pope Francis led Catholics into Easter at a vigil Mass on Saturday night and called on worshippers to live for God, not fleeting things such as wealth or success. The…

Read More Here

Prostitution, hunger and loneliness are today’s Crosses – Pope Francis

Thousands gathered around the Colosseum to participate in the Way of the Cross with Pope Francis. As usual the cross was carried around this historic monument. This year the readings…

Read More Here

Here I am

Pope Francis lies down in prayer during the celebration the Lord's Passion on Good Friday at Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, 19 April 2019. Good Friday is a Christian commemoration…

Read More Here

Pope Francis ushers in the most solemn period in the Catholic liturgical calendar

Pope Francis is ushering in the most solemn period in the Catholic liturgical calendar by celebrating a Holy Thursday Mass. The Chrism Mass celebrates the unity of priests with…

Read More Here

Archbishop Scicluna writes Pope Francis tribute for Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People edition

Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna has been tasked to give his reflections on Pope Francis, for Time Magazine's edition of the 100 most influential people in the world. In his reflections,…

Read More Here

Climate activist Greta Thunberg meets Pope Francis

Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg on Wednesday met Pope Francis at the end of his weekly general audience in St Peter's Square. Thunberg shook hands and briefly spoke to…

Read More Here

Photostory: Scala Santa returns to original beauty

Worshippers attend the extraordinary opening after the restoration of the Scala Santa (Holy Stairs) at San Giovanni in Laterano Dome in Rome. The Scala Santa were brought to light…

Read More Here

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI addresses sex abuse scandal in the Catholic Church

In an essay published Thursday on the Catholic News Agency (CNA), Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI offered his thoughts about the sex abuse crisis facing the Church. Benedict reviewed the sexual…

Read More Here

Corporate Dispatch Morning Briefing

Good morning Brexit's extension, Haftar's march on Tripoli, Elections in Israel and Australia are among the main headlines. The latest: BREXIT: European Council president Donald Tusk has said the UK…

Read More Here

The Council of Cardinals wants more women in Vatican posts

The Council of Cardinals (C9), which advises Pope Francis on reforms of the Catholic Church, in its latest meeting this week, tackled the issue the presence of women in top…

Read More Here

35 years after her disappearance…Vatican opens probe into Emanuela Orlandi’s case

The Vatican has decided to Vatican open an internal probe into the case of Emanuela Orlandi, a 15-year-old Vatican citizen who disappeared in the summer of 1983. Orlandi's family lawyer…

Read More Here

Pope Francis inaugurates new Parish in San Giulio, Rome

Pope Francis’ visit to the parish of San Giulio Papa, in the neighbourhood of Monteverde, was marked especially by his meetings with various groups of parishioners. Vatican News reports that…

Read More Here

PHOTOSTORY: The shooting of ‘The New Pope’ in Rome

US actor John Malkovich surprised quite a few pilgrims this week during the filming of the television series 'The New Pope' in St. Peter's Square in the Vatican. This is…

Read More Here

Pope starts 27-hour visit to Morocco

Pope Francis today started a visit to Morocco. A visit as a “servant of hope” to encourage the country’s small Catholic community, the migrants hosted there and all people…

Read More Here

Pope signs law to prevent child abuse in Vatican and its embassies

Pope Francis on Friday made it compulsory in law to report the sexual abuse of children within the Vatican and in its diplomatic missions worldwide. It is the first…

Read More Here

Papal hand kissing mystery solved

During these last days there has been much speculation and mystery as to why Pope Francis repeatedly withdrew his right hand when people bowed and tried to kiss. The mystery…

Read More Here

Mexico’s President says that Spain and Vatican should apologies for 16th century ‘Mexico’s conquest’

Mexican President Manuel Lopez Obrador told the Spanish king and the Vatican that "wounds are still open" from the Spanish conquest of Mexico in 1521. The Spanish government was not…

Read More Here

PHOTO STORY: Pope Francis receives in audience Maltese President Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca

In her final days before she leaves office, President Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca was received in audience by Pope Francis at the Vatican. The President of Malta, who subsequently met with…

Read More Here

Malta’s Minister of Foreign Affairs interviewed on migration by Rome Reports

Carmelo Abela, Malta's Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Promotion, was interviewed by Rome Reports whilst on a visit to the “Museum of the Popes” in the Vatican. Abela is…

Read More Here

Pope Francis refuses Cardinal Barbarin’s resignation

Philippe Barbarin, the French Roman Catholic cardinal convicted this month of failing to report sexual abuse allegations, said on Tuesday that Pope Francis had turned down his offer to resign,…

Read More Here

Child abuse scandal rocks Polish Church

Up to 382 minors were abused by clergy in a Polish Church between 1990 and 2018, according to findings from an investigation, which were presented by the Polish Catholic Church…

Read More Here

On this day, six years ago Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected Pope

It was on 13 March 2013, that Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected as the head of the worldwide Catholic Church. He was elected in the 5th ballot on the…

Read More Here

Cardinal George Pell jailed for six years

Australian Cardinal George Pell has been jailed by a Melbourne court for six years after being convicted of sexually abusing two boys in Australia. The cardinal, 77, maintains his innocence…

Read More Here

Prominent French cardinal convicted of child sex abuse cover-up

Cardinal Philippe Barbarin was found guilty by a court in Lyon of failing to report to the justice authorities accusations against a paedophile priest in his diocese in what…

Read More Here

New legal woes for Cardinal Pell

Cardinal George Pell, who is currently in jail in Australia awaiting sentencing on five child sex offences, is facing new legal problems. He is being sued in the Supreme…

Read More Here

Pope announces opening of secret archives of pontiff Pius XII

Pope Francis announced that he has decided to open the Vatican’s secret archives concerning wartime pontificate of Pope Pius XII (photo above), who reigned from 1939 to 1958. A step…

Read More Here

Pope invites faithful not to let Lent pass in vain

Pope Francis is calling on the faithful not to let the Lenten season of grace pass in vain, and to live as children of God acknowledging and obeying His law,…

Read More Here

Cardinal George Pell found guilty of sexual offences

Cardinal George Pell has been found guilty of sexual offences in Australia, making him the highest-ranking Catholic figure to receive such a conviction. Pell abused two choir boys in the…

Read More Here

“There is no going back” – Scicluna

Fr. Federico Lombardi SJ, Moderator of the Meeting on the “Protection of Minors in the Church”, and other members of the organising committee (including Archbishop Charles Scicluna) addressed a press…

Read More Here

Corporate Dispatch Morning Briefing and Newspaper review

Good morning These are the main stories as reported on Malta's newspapers front-pages. The storm that hit the island in the past 24 hours makes it to the front-pages on…

Read More Here

No effort will be spared to fight abuse – Pope Francis

“The time has come, then, to work together to eradicate the evil” of child abuse, Pope Francis said, in a speech delivered at the close of the final Mass for…

Read More Here

German Cardinal calls for transparency so that Church wins back trust as silence provoked conspiracy theories

Germany's top cardinal Reinhard Marx slammed the Catholic Church officials for their response to the decades-long pedophilia scandal at a conference called by Pope Francis in Vatican on Saturday. "Sexual abuse of…

Read More Here

Pope Francis opens historic summit on child sexual abuse

Pope Francis opened a historic summit meeting Thursday morning devoted to the scourge of child sexual abuse, an issue that has for decades devastated and eroded faith in some corners of…

Read More Here

Pope defrocks former cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick

Pope Francis has expelled Theodore E. McCarrick, a former cardinal and archbishop of Washington, from the priesthood, after an expedited canonical process that found him guilty of sexually abusing minors…

Read More Here

Vatican’s envoy to France is under investigation for sexual assault – CNN

The Vatican's envoy to France is being investigated for sexual assault after he was accused of molesting a official at the Paris mayor's office during a ceremony last month, a…

Read More Here

Manifesto of Faith published by sacked Cardinal Mueller defining differences between Pope and the Conservatives within the church

A cardinal who was sacked from a senior Vatican post by Pope Francis has written his own “Manifesto of Faith,” in the latest attack on the pontiff’s authority by a…

Read More Here

Pope Francis says he’s ready to mediate between Maduro and Guaido

The Pope has said that he is willing to mediate between Venezuela’s rival presidents Nicolas Maduro and Juan Guaido, but only if both sides request his help. Pope Francis, whose…

Read More Here

Abortion undermines justice – Pope Francis

"Ahead of tomorrow’s Day for Life, I take this opportunity to appeal to all politicians, regardless of their faith convictions, to treat the defense of the lives of those who…

Read More Here

Human remains found at Vatican owned property in Rome not of girls who disappeared in 80s

Human remains found at property in Rome owned by the Vatican belonged to an ancient Roman man and not to either of two teenage girls missing since the early 1980s,…

Read More Here

Fear makes us crazy says Pope Francis as he arrives in Panama – He announces visits to Iraq and Japan

There were those who had waited at the airport all day. And it was hot (33°C not counting the horrendous humidity). There were those who had practiced their dance routines…

Read More Here

Pope Francis meets Archbishop Scicluna and other members of organising team of world’s bishops’ conference on preventing and combating child abuse

At the upcoming meeting on protecting minors, Pope Francis wants leaders of the world's bishops' conferences to clearly understand what must be done to prevent abuse, care for victims and…

Read More Here

Vatican launches own athletics association

"Five years after plunging into the world of googlies, square leg and spin bowling with the formation of its own cricket team, the Vatican has founded its first ever athletics association.…

Read More Here

Vatican’s Press Office director and Vice-Director resign

The director and vice-director of the Vatican's press office have resigned together, in a move that appears to indicate sharp tensions at the top of the city-state's complicated communications structure.…

Read More Here

Pope Francis wishes for fraternity among individuals, regardless of nation, culture, ideology, or religion in ‘Urbi et Orbi’ message and blessing

Pope Francis’ revealed his “wish for a happy Christmas” as a “wish for fraternity” during his Christmas Urbi et Orbi message. To those physically present in St Peter’s Square and…

Read More Here