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Vatican: How to Live This Year of Prayer and Prepare for the 2025 Jubilee

Pope Francis officially inaugurated the Year of Prayer 2024 on January 21, specifically dedicated to prayer in preparation for the 2025 Jubilee, which will take place in Rome under the theme “Pilgrims of Hope.”

Pope Francis: Everyone Can Have a Dog, But It’s Necessary to Have Children

Pope Francis remarked that while anyone can have a dog, it is necessary to have children, especially in an era marked by low birth rates, a situation that concerns him.

Pope Francis to Charismatics: Progress as an Ecclesial Movement, Not as a “Samba School”

Pope Francis encouraged charismatics to continue as an ecclesial movement and not as a “samba school”, highlighting three

Dutch Bishops Offer Cautious Response to Vatican Blessing Guidance, Bucking Regional Trend

Dutch Catholic bishops have given a measured response to the Vatican's guidance on blessings, contrasting with their Western European counterparts.

St. Charbel mosaic blessed by Pope Francis installed in Vatican grottoes

A mosaic of St. Charbel blessed by Pope Francis was installed this morning in the Vatican grottoes located beneath St. Peter’s Basilica.

Bambino Gesù: Europe’s Largest Pediatric Hospital and Its Global Mission

Vatican's Bambino Gesù Hospital Expands Globally, Offering Free Pediatric Care and Advanced Research

We All Have the Duty to Pray for Unity: Interview with Cardinal Koch

EWTN Vatican Bureau Chief Andreas Thonhauser sat down with Cardinal Kurt Koch, who oversees the Church’s efforts regarding unity with other churches.

Pope Francis’ Call for Christian Unity

“It is time to heal the relationships among the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Churches,” Pope Francis urged

St. Anthony Abbot: The Tradition of Blessing Animals

Each year on February 17th, Pope Pius XII’s Square outside of St. Peter’s Basilica turns into a farm for the Feast of St. Anthony the Abbot.

Remembering Cardinal Pell

One year after the Death of Cardinal Pell

A Period of Eucharistic Revival in the Church

Prepping for the National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis

The Basilica of Saint Mary Major in Rome: A Living Reliquary of Faith and History

The beating heart of the Basilica is the altar that enshrines some of the most precious relics of

Could Pope Francis Become the First Pope to Visit Vietnam?

Pope Francis Expresses Eagerness for Historic Visit to Vietnam Amid Positive Vatican-Vietnam Relations

Pope Francis: ‘In Christianity, there is no condemnation of the sexual instinct’

In a continuation of his catechetical series on vice and virtue, Pope Francis on Wednesday dedicated his general audience to the difference between love and lust.

Pope Francis to Conduct His Spiritual Exercises in the First Week of Lent 2024

Pope Francis will personally undertake his Lenten spiritual retreat from the evening of Sunday, February 18 until Friday, February 23, 2024.

Pope Francis responds to Resistance to Fiducia Supplicans: ‘The Lord Blesses Everyone’

Pope Francis responded publicly to questions about the Vatican’s declaration on blessings for same-sex couples for the first time in a television interview

Pope Francis: ‘I Like To Think Of Hell As Empty’

Pope Francis appeared on Italy’s most popular prime-time talk show on Sunday night where the pontiff shared how he hopes that hell is “empty.”

Pope Francis Calls for Greater Dialogue and Cooperation Between Christians, Marxists

Pope Francis this week called for cooperation between Christians and Marxists as a way to achieve greater “dialogue” and help in the search for the “common good.”

Cardinal Parolin: Fiducia Supplicans Has ‘Touched a Very Sensitive Point’

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s secretary of state, has commented on the divided reaction to the Fiducia Supplicans document amid a great backlash from episcopal conferences.

Bernini’s Historic Baldacchino to Undergo Major Restoration at St. Peter’s Basilica

The Vatican has announced a significant restoration of the iconic baldacchino, Gian Lorenzo Bernini's 400-year-old masterpiece, towering over the main altar of St. Peter's Basilica.

Vinicio, the Ill Man Whose Embrace with Pope Francis Moved the World, Passes Away

Vinicio Riva, whose face was disfigured by von Recklinghausen's disease and who received a long embrace from Pope Francis ten years ago in St. Peter's Square, has passed away at age 58.

Pope Francis to Preside Over Canonization Mass of Argentina’s First Female Saint

Pope Francis next month will preside over the canonization Mass of the woman set to become Argentina’s first female saint, the Vatican said this week.

Pope Francis: God Loves the Small and Makes it Fruitful

On January 10th, Pope Francis welcomed in the Vatican the “Sentinels of the Holy Family”, a Marian prayer network formed by women to present the intentions of the Church and the world to the Virgin Mary.

Pope Francis Reminds that the Church “Is in the World but Not of the World”

Pope Francis met with priests from the Secular Institute of Missionary Priests of the Kingship of Christ, reminding them that the Church, similar to the baptized, is "in the world, for the world, but not of the world."

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