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Vatican News: Pope Francis speaks on Ukrainian children, Church growth in South Korea and more

Welcome to this week's Vaticano Updates, bringing you the latest news from Pope Francis and the Vatican.

Welcome to this week’s Vaticano Updates, bringing you the latest news from Pope Francis and the Vatican. In this edition, we cover the Holy See’s efforts to return Ukrainian children taken to Russia during the war, laypeople, including women, participating as full voting members in the upcoming Synod on Synodality, the growth of the Catholic Church in South Korea amid a shrinking population, the Catholic Church’s role in proposing a transition from communism to a free society in Cuba, and Pope Francis’s plans to visit his home country of Argentina in 2024. Don’t miss these important updates on the Catholic Church’s work around the world.

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