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Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin (right) meets with Polish President Andrzej Duda on March 28, 2025, at the Vatican.  / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Francis’ Recovery Progresses as Vatican Appoints New Librarian, Polish President Visits

Mar 28, 2025

Pope Francis continues to show gradual improvement as he recovers from bilateral pneumonia at his residence in Casa Santa Marta.

The Sistine Hall of the Vatican Library, the library of the Holy See, currently located in Vatican City, is one of the oldest libraries in the world. / Credit: Checco2/Shutterstock

Pope Francis Moves Part of Vatican Library and Archive to Rome Seminary

Nov 12, 2024

The pope declared that part of the archives and library be moved to a building on extraterritorial Vatican property at the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran.

A portrait of Blaise Pascal from a miniature that dates to the 1700s. | Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA

Vatican Library Showcases First-edition Works by 17th-century Philosopher, Blaise Pascal

Jun 21, 2023

On the 400th anniversary of the birth of Blaise Pascal, the Vatican Library displayed first editions of some of his most famous works.

Pope Francis inaugurates the new art gallery at the Vatican Apostolic Library, Nov. 5, 2021. Vatican Media.

"The Church must bear witness to importance of beauty": Pope Francis at Vatican Library

Nov 5, 2021

The pope inaugurated a new art gallery at the Vatican Library.

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Theodore McCarrick, Former U.S. Cardinal Laicized after Vatican Investigation, Dies at 94

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Statue of St. Peter on St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA

Pope Francis' Condition Shows "slight improvement" as Medical Care Continues

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"Bear witness joyfully to hope that does not disappoint": Pope Francis to Slovak Pilgrims

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