vatican news FeatureJubilee 2025NewsVaticanWorld News Pope to open Holy Year with full schedule of Christmas liturgies Catholic News ServiceNovember 28, 20242 min read With the opening of the Holy Year 2025, Pope Francis’ schedule of liturgies in December and January has expanded. Conflict in the Middle EastNewsVaticanWorld News Blinken praises pope’s LGBTQ advocacy, talks Lebanon ceasefire at Vatican Justin McLellanNovember 27, 20242 min read After meeting Pope Francis and top Vatican officials, U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken praised the pope’s commitment to upholding the dignity of LGBTQ people. FeatureNewsSaintsVaticanWorld News Pope urges Christians to joyfully cultivate fruits of the Spirit Justin McLellanNovember 27, 20243 min read Not every Christian is called to be an apostle, prophet or evangelist, Pope Francis said, but all Christians can cultivate the fruits of the Holy Spirit by becoming “charitable, patient, humble, peacemakers.” FeatureMarriage & Family LifeNewsVaticanWorld News Pope asks St. John Paul II institute to study threats to marriage, family Justin McLellanNovember 27, 20244 min read The Catholic Church must respond to cultural challenges facing marriage and family life with unity and compassion, Pope Francis said, and he called for a deeper integration of the Gospel into contemporary culture. Arts & CultureNewsVaticanWorld News Ratzinger Prize winner draws from late pope’s engagement with modernity Justin McLellanNovember 26, 20245 min read “We don’t have another theologian, it seems to me, that has been as engaged with modernity as Benedict,” said Cyril O’Regan, a co-winner of the 2024 Ratzinger Prize, often dubbed the “Nobel Prize of Theology.” Ecumenism and Interfaith RelationsNewsObituariesVaticanWorld News Cardinal Ayuso, promoter of interreligious dialogue, dies at 72 Catholic News ServiceNovember 25, 20243 min read panish Cardinal Miguel Angel Ayuso Guixot, who dedicated his priestly life and ministry to building bridges between Catholics and Muslims, died in Rome Nov. 25 at the age of 72. NewsSaintsVaticanWorld News Pope declares Spanish mystic ‘blessed,’ advances other sainthood causes Cindy WoodenNovember 25, 20243 min read Using what the Vatican called an “equipollent” or equivalent beatification, Pope Francis recognized as “blessed” a 15th-century Spanish abbess, mystic and preacher. Conflict in the Middle EastFeatureNewsVaticanWar in UkraineWorld News Pope condemns ‘arrogance of invaders’ in Ukraine and Palestine Justin McLellanNovember 25, 20243 min read The “arrogance” of the invaders attacking Ukraine and Palestine blocks the dialogue necessary to build peace in those countries, Pope Francis said. NewsVaticanWorld News Church tribunals must uphold charity, justice, truth, pope says Cindy WoodenNovember 25, 20243 min read When Catholics approach a church tribunal or canon lawyer, they “must always meet the face of our mother, the holy church, who loves all her children with tenderness,” Pope Francis said. NewsVaticanWorld NewsYouth Ministry Christ the King triumphs over evil with the power of love, pope says Cindy WoodenNovember 25, 20244 min read While world events can seem chaotic, violent and out of control, Christians can be certain that “everything is ultimately subject to the judgment of Christ, the just and merciful king,” Pope Francis said at Mass. Previous 1 … 2 3 4 … 212 Next