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  VATICAN CITY - On Wednesday morning, at the Altar of St. Peter's Basilica, Pope Francis celebrated the Holy Mass with the Rite of Blessing and Imposition of Ashes.

  VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis has released a video-message in memory of the 12 Coptic martyrs murdered by ISIS, in Libya, exactly six years ago.

  VATICAN CITY - In a press conference in the Hall of John Paul II at the Vatican press office on Friday, Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson presented Pope Francis’ message for Lent, which begins

  ROME - A woman will vote in the Synod of Bishops, an advisory body to Pope Francis, for the very first time, after Sister Nathalie Becquart was appointed co-undersecretary on Sunday.

  VATICAN CITY - The Vatican Radio celebrates its 90th year of transmitting the Pope’s very own words all around the world. Having been founded on Feb.

  VATICAN CITY - On Monday, in his annual New Year speech to the diplomatic corps of the Vatican, Pope Francis addressed various global economic, environmental and health crises, calling for a unif

  VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis is due to make official visits to both the President and Prime Minister on his trip to Ira

  ROME - David Beasley, head of the UN World Food Programme, had a private audience with the Pope in the Vatican, in regard to the growing global famine.

  VATICAN CITY - Angelo Caloia, the former President of the Vatican bank, and Gabriele Liuzzo, an attorney, have been found guilty of embezzlement and money laundering by the court of the Vatican,

  ROME - The secretary of state for the Vatican has sent a telegram on behalf of Pope Francis to the President of Iraq, Barham Salih, expressing his condolences for the incident in Baghdad on Thurs

  ROME - The press office of the Holy See on Wednesday announced that the ongoing vaccination programme within the Vatic

VATICAN CITY - The press office of the Holy See has revealed that the Vatican have begun their campaign to vaccinate against Covid-19.

 VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis Sunday lashed out at the 'hedonistic' few who fly away from their countries on vacation rather than staying to help those in need du

 VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis in his Christmas Day Urbi et Orbi (to the city and the world) message recalled that too many children, especially in Syria, Iraq and

 VATICAN CITY -- An image of being at hell’s gates is one, strident representation of papal renunciation. 

 VATICAN CITY – The former head of the Vatican Bank faces an eight-year prison sentence after being found guilty of embezzlement, money laundering and self-launde

 VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis is set to resume foreign travel for the first time since the pandemic hit, with a trip to war-torn Iraq in March 2021, Vatican sources said.

 VATICAN CITY – The staff of his tiny city-state must be wondering what they did to get on the wrong side of Pope Francis this year.

VACTICAN CITY – The ‘invisible enemy’ continues to deal a blow to religious ceremonies, this time forcing the cancellation of a traditional public event in Rome’s historic centre, Vatican sources s

 VATICAN CITY – The former butler of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, Paolo Gabriele, who was convicted in the first “Vatileaks” case, has died aged 54, Vatican offici

 VATICAN CITY – Champions of the NBA attended a private audience with Pope Francis, at his request, to discuss their commitment to the fight against social injustice, and their support of the Black

 VATICAN CITY – After 160 years, Holy See newspaper L’Osservatore Romano has relocated its editorial office outside the Vatican walls, religious sources said on Thursday.

 VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis vowed to “eradicate” sexual abuse in the Church following the release of an internal report on the Holy See's mishandling of allegations against former U.S.

 ROME – As Donald Trump pursues legal challenges to the US election results, the Catholic Church has joined world leaders in congratulating Joe Biden as American’s President-Elect.

 MILAN – The woman dubbed the “Cardinal’s Lady,” arrested after becoming embroiled in a Vatican money scandal, has been released on parole, judicial sources said on Friday.