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The AIF in the Vatican. Credit: Vatican News

Analysis: 2020, the Year to Make or Break Vatican Finances?

Jul 10, 2020

The Holy See is facing a perfect storm of a massive income shortfall, months of financial scandal, and a looming international banking inspection.

Conjoined African Twins Can Have "normal lives" after Vatican Hospital Performs Surgery

Jul 8, 2020

African Twins who were conjoined at the head are likely to return home within months from the Vatican’s pediatric hospital where their bodies were successfully separated by doctors, and they have a high chance of living normal lives, the hospital’s chief neurosurgeon told ACI Africa.

Pope Francis celebrates Mass in the chapel of the Casa Santa Marta July 8, 2020. Credit: Vatican Media.

Pope Francis Calls on Christians to Recognize the Face of Christ in Migrants

Jul 8, 2020

Pope Francis offered Mass Wednesday asking the Virgin Mary to help Christians recognize the face of Christ in each migrant and refugee.

Cardinal PeterTurkson, prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, at a Vatican press conference July 7, 2020. Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.

Peace Threatened as Health and Economic Crises Continue: Vatican-Based Ghanaian Cardinal

Jul 7, 2020

A Vatican cardinal has said that the world is facing a “tsunami” of humanitarian crises caused by the coronavirus emergency, conflict, and decreased security around the globe.

Pope Francis greets pilgrims at his Angelus address June 7, 2020. Credit: Vatican Media/CNA.

Pope Francis Commends UN Security Council for Global Ceasefire Resolution

Jul 5, 2020

Pope Francis applauded the United Nations Security Council Sunday for its recent resolution calling for an immediate global ceasefire amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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Pope Francis Appoints Apostolic Visitor for Ethiopian Catholics in US and Canada

Jul 4, 2020

Pope Francis appointed an apostolic visitor Thursday for Ethiopian Catholics in the United States and Canada. 

Pope Francis greets pilgrims in St. Peter's Square, Nov. 27, 2019. Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA

Pope Francis Makes Donation to World Food Programme as Pandemic Causes Rising Hunger

Jul 4, 2020

Pope Francis has made a donation to the World Food Programme as the organization works to feed 270 million people this year amid rising hunger caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

Pope Francis prays before the bronze statue of St. Peter on June 29, 2020. Credit: Vatican Media/CNA.

Pope Francis' Homily on the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul: Full text

Jun 29, 2020

Here is the full text of Pope Francis' homily on the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, delivered June 29, 2020 at the Basilica of St. Peter.

Pope Francis waves to pilgrims in St. Peter's Square Feb. 26, 2020. Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.

Pope Francis donates 35 ventilators to developing countries battling coronavirus

Jun 27, 2020

The Vatican announced Friday that Pope Francis has donated 35 ventilators to overwhelmed hospitals in developing countries as the number of coronavirus cases worldwide nears 10 million.

Pope Francis gives his Angelus address June 8, 2020. Credit: Vatican Media/CNA.

Do Not Fear Persecution, Violence: Pope Francis to Catholics

Jun 21, 2020

Pope Francis on Sunday encouraged Christians to fear sin, not the hostility, violence, or persecution they may face when sharing the Gospel with the world.

Pope Francis meets with people from Lombardy, a region in northern Italy. Credit: Vatican News/CNA.

"To make individualism the guiding principle of society has proved illusory": Pope Francis

Jun 20, 2020

In the period to follow the coronavirus pandemic, people should remember they are made for communion with others and with God, Pope Francis said Saturday.

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Catholic Sister Killed in Satanic Ritual Declared a Martyr

Jun 20, 2020

Pope Francis declared Friday that an Italian religious sister killed by three teenage girls in a Satanic sacrifice was a martyr for the Catholic faith.

Cardinal Robert Sarah, prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, at the Vatican, Feb. 10, 2015. Credit: Bohumil Petrik/CNA.

Cardinal Sarah Remains Head of Vatican Liturgy Department after 75th Birthday

Jun 19, 2020

Cardinal Robert Sarah said Wednesday he would continue to serve as prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship beyond his 75th birthday.

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Pope Francis Names Lay Finance Expert as Secretary of Vatican ‘central bank’

Jun 15, 2020

Pope Francis Monday appointed Fabio Gasperini, an Italian financial adviser working at Ernst and Young, to the second-ranking position at the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See (APSA).

Pope Francis prays in St. Peter's Basilica on June 14, 2020. Credit: Vatican Media/CNA.

After Discovery of Mass Graves in Libya, Pope Francis Appeals for Peace

Jun 14, 2020

Pope Francis expressed “great apprehension and sorrow” Sunday after eight mass graves were discovered in Libya amid the ongoing civil war.

Eucharistic adoration following the pope's Corpus Christi Mass June 14, 2020. Credit: Vatican Media/CNA.

The Eucharist Gives Us Christ's Healing Love: Pope Francis

Jun 14, 2020

Christ’s presence in the Eucharist heals wounds and transforms bitter negativity into the joy of Lord, Pope Francis said in his homily for the Solemnity of Corpus Christi Sunday.

Pope Francis prays in St. Peter's Basilica on June 14, 2020. Credit: Vatican Media/CNA.

Pope Francis' Corpus Christi Sunday 2020 Homily: Full Text

Jun 14, 2020

Here is the full text of Pope Francis' Corpus Christi homily, delivered June 14 at the Basilica of St. Peter.

Pope Francis gives his Angelus address June 7, 2020. Credit: Vatican Media/CNA.

Catholics Cannot Ignore the Poverty Caused by the Pandemic: Pope Francis

Jun 13, 2020

Pope Francis said Saturday that the coronavirus pandemic has revealed poverty that Catholics cannot ignore.

Carlo Acutis. Credit: carloacutis.com.

Beatification Date Set for Italian Computer Programming Teen Carlo Acutis

Jun 13, 2020

Venerable Carlo Acutis, an Italian teenager and computer programmer who died in 2006, will be beatified October 10 in Assisi, Italy. 

Pope Francis gives a general audience address in the library of the Apostolic Palace. Credit: Vatican Media

“We all have an appointment with God in the night of our lives”: Pope Francis

Jun 10, 2020

In our darkest moments God awaits us and is ready to transform us, Pope Francis said at his general audience Wednesday.