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Vatican Doctrine Office Releases Note on Discerning the Validity of the sacraments

Feb 3, 2024

The new document signed by Pope Francis and Cardinal Victor Fernández is titled “Gestis Verbisque,” or “Deeds and Words.” 

Pope Francis speaks at a Mass on the World Day of Consecrated Life, the feast of the Presentation of the Lord, on Feb. 2, 2024, in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. | Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA

Pope Francis Urges Consecrated Men and Women to Cultivate "an intense interior life"

Feb 2, 2024

The Holy Father presided over Mass on Feb. 2 for the feast of the Presentation of the Lord in St. Peter’s Basilica.

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Pope Francis’ 2024 Lenten Message: ‘"Lent is a season of conversion, a time of freedom"

Feb 1, 2024

Pope Francis has centered his Lenten message for 2024 on the Book of Exodus, choosing “Through the Desert God Leads Us to Freedom” as its main theme.

Pope Francis meets with members of the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) on Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. | Credit: Vatican Media

Africa a “special case”, Small Ideological Groups Oppose Same-sex Blessings: Pope Francis

Jan 29, 2024

Pope Francis suggested that the opposition to the Vatican’s approval of nonliturgical blessings for same-sex couples mostly comes from “small ideological groups.”

The Vatican announced the erection of the Weifang diocese on Jan. 29, 2024, the day of the consecration of the diocese’s first bishop, Bishop Anthony Sun Venjun. | Credit: Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association

Pope Francis Creates "new" Diocese in China, Accepting Borders Drawn by Beijing

Jan 29, 2024

The Holy See Press Office said Pope Francis established the diocese on April 20, 2023, “in the desire to promote the pastoral care of the Lord’s flock.”

Pope Francis delivers the Sunday Angelus from the window of his study overlooking St. Peter's Square, Jan. 28, 2024. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Francis: "The devil always takes away your freedom"

Jan 28, 2024

Pope Francis encouraged people to learn how to “say ‘no’ to the temptations of evil before they creep into the soul” by invoking the name of Jesus.

Robin Franssen, 18, of Belgium, is a first-year philosophy student at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas. | Credit: Bénédicte Cedergren/EWTN

Learning from St. Thomas Aquinas, 750 Years After his Death

Jan 28, 2024

St. Thomas Aquinas’ immortal thought continues to inspire and enlighten minds of all ages around the world.

Pope Francis meets with members of the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) on Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Francis: Blessings Don’t Require "moral perfection"

Jan 26, 2024

Pope Francis on Friday offered guidance to members of the Vatican’s doctrinal office for dealing with matters of faith.

Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun departs the Pontifical Urbaniana University in Rome, Nov. 18, 2014. | Bohumil Petrik/CNA.

Fiducia Supplicans “creates confusion”, Doctrine Prefect Should Resign: Chinese Cardinal

Jan 25, 2024

In a statement published Jan. 23 on his blog, Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun said the declaration contains numerous passages in need of clarification.

Pope Appoints New Bishop in China, Bringing a 70-year Vacancy to an End

Pope Appoints New Bishop in China, Bringing a 70-year Vacancy to an End

Jan 25, 2024

The Holy See Press Office announced on Thursday that Father Thaddeus Wang Yuesheng was appointed by Pope Francis as the bishop of Zhengzhou.

Pope Francis leads an ecumenical second vespers at the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls in Rome on the feast of the Conversion of St. Paul, Jan. 25, 2024. | Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA

Christian Unity Must Be Rooted in Prayer, Pope Says at Ecumenical Vespers

Jan 25, 2024

Marking the conclusion of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Pope Francis hosted an ecumenical vespers at Rome’s Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls.

Pope Francis greets pilgrims at his general audience on Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024, at the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican. | Credit: Vatican Media

Avarice is a "sickness of the heart, not of the wallet": Pope Francis

Jan 24, 2024

In his Wednesday general audience, Pope Francis said the preoccupation with the accumulation of material goods reflects a greater “pathological accumulation.”

Sculpture of St. Peter outside of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. | Credit: Unsplash

Vatican Appeals Court Sentences Priest to Prison for Sexual Abuse of Teen

Jan 24, 2024

Father Gabriele Martinelli was accused of forcing the former altar server, identified as L.G., to have sexual relations with him between 2007 and 2012.

Young people greet Pope Francis as he arrives at the World Youth Day welcoming ceremony in Lisbon, Portugal, Aug. 3, 2023. | Credit: Jesus Huerta/Flickr JMJ Lisboa 2023

Pope Francis Recalls "primary reason" for New Edition of Youth Catechism

Jan 23, 2024

The full text was published yesterday by the Italian newspaper La Stampa and is titled “The Password for Joy.”

Pope Francis meets with the journalists who cover the Vatican in the Apostolic Palace on Jan. 22, 2024. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Francis Thanks Vatican Journalists for Reporting on Scandals in the Church

Jan 22, 2024

Journalists accredited to the Holy See Press Office met the pope in a private audience at the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace on Jan. 22. 

Pope Francis announced the start of a Year of Prayer in his Angelus address from the window of the Vatican's Apostolic Palace on Jan. 21, 2024. | Vatican Media

Pope Francis Announces Year of Prayer to Prepare for 2025 Jubilee

Jan 21, 2024

In his Angelus address, the pope said that a Year of Prayer starting on Jan. 21 will be “a year dedicated to rediscovering the great value and absolute need for prayer.”

Cardinal Kurt Koch, president of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity, speaks with EWTN Vatican Bureau Chief Andreas Thonhauser on Jan. 18, 2024. | Credit: EWTN

Vatican prefect: Fiducia Supplicans draws ‘some negative reactions’ from Christian leaders

Jan 19, 2024

In an exclusive EWTN interview and in comments to the Vatican’s news agency, Cardinal Kurt Koch said he has received negative reactions to Fiducia Supplicans.

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Week of Prayer for Christian Unity commemorates historic meeting of two lungs of the Church

Jan 18, 2024

The theme for 2024 is “You shall love the Lord your God ... and your neighbor as yourself.”

Pope Francis delivers a message at his general audience on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024, in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Francis Issues New Regulations Setting Spending Limits for Vatican Offices

Jan 17, 2024

Pope Francis amended the Vatican’s financial regulations on Tuesday, enshrining a spending limit into law.

Pope Francis delivers a speech to all of the world’s ambassadors to the Vatican on Jan. 8, 2024. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope: World Economic Forum Meeting an Opportunity to Find "ways to build a better world"

Jan 17, 2024

On the occasion of the 54th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Pope Francis sent a letter to the group’s leader.