On Palm Sunday, recovering pope says to carry the cross with compassion April 13, 2025By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Carrying the cross means more than bearing personal suffering — it means stepping into the pain of others and walking beside them, Pope Francis wrote at the start of Holy Week.
Two popes who built St. Peter’s Basilica face each other fully restored April 11, 2025By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, Vatican, World News Two popes who played instrumental roles in building the world’s largest church now gaze at one another with renewed clarity in the apse of St. Peter’s Basilica.
Papal preacher: Faith in Resurrection means not clinging to the past April 11, 2025By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Lent, News, Vatican, World News The temptation to cling to the past — to hold on to what was, including something sacred — can keep believers from truly embracing the hope offered by the risen Christ, said the preacher of the papal household.
Pope’s visit to basilica is sign of improved health, press office says April 11, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis’ surprise visit to St. Peter’s Basilica to pray and see ongoing restoration work is a clear sign that his condition is improving, the Vatican press office said.
Pope prays for victims of Dominican nightclub disaster April 10, 2025By David Agren OSV News Filed Under: Disaster Relief, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis prayed for the victims of a nightclub disaster in the Dominican Republic that claimed more than 200 lives and has provoked mourning across the Caribbean country.
Britain’s royal couple meet Pope Francis at the Vatican April 9, 2025By Cindy Wooden Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Although they postponed their official state visit to the Vatican because of Pope Francis’ health, Britain’s King Charles and Queen Camilla met privately with the pope April 9, the Vatican press office said.
Holy See warns global nuclear disarmament, AI regulation ‘imperative’ at UN April 9, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News With fear “the driving force” in the current global climate, nations must recommit to nuclear disarmament and the regulation of artificial intelligence, said Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, the Holy See’s permanent observer to the United Nations.
Vatican reports progress in flagging suspicious financial activity April 9, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News The Vatican bank and other Vatican offices with financial dealings are getting more adept at identifying and stopping suspicious financial activity, according to the Vatican’s Supervisory and Financial Information Authority.
Trump’s Vatican ambassador pick defends foreign aid cuts at confirmation hearing April 9, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: DOGE cuts, News, Vatican, World News Brian Burch, President Donald Trump’s nominee for U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See, defended the Trump administration’s cuts to foreign aid at a Senate hearing April 8 on his nomination.
Riches can be burdens, preventing people from following Jesus, pope says April 9, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Jesus loves people as they are, not based on their merit or righteousness, said the text for Pope Francis’ weekly general audience.
Pope Francis calls his envoy to Ukraine; ‘The papal blessing is protecting us, we feel it,’ says local bishop April 9, 2025By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News As Ukraine experienced a deadly weekend with a barrage of attacks from Russia on Kryvyi Rih and Kyiv, the capital, the papal almoner handed a gift from Pope Francis — four ambulances — to local authorities in Zaporizhzhia.
Pope Francis appoints Bishop McKnight new archbishop of Kansas City April 8, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of Kansas City, Kan., and named Bishop William Shawn McKnight of Jefferson City, Mo., as his successor.
