Vatican Scam Alert: Fake Pope Leo Profiles on Facebook Asking for Money

Pope Leo does not have a Facebook account nor is he requesting donations. This is what the Vatican has come forward to clarify: a digital scam in which fake profiles are used to ask for money using the Pope’s name. The fraud emerged especially...

Vatican publishes the note ‘Jubilee 2025: remission of the ecological debt’

(ZENIT News / Vatican City, 06.27.2025).- The thematic note ‘Jubilee 2025: remission of the ecological debt’, signed by the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, was published on Tuesday 23 June and can be downloaded in 5 languages....

“You are called to serve, not to rule”: Vatican Official to 32 Newly Ordained Priests in Nigeria

“You are to be configured to Christ the High Priest and united in Priesthood with your Bishop. You will be preachers of the Gospel, pastors of the people of God, and celebrants of the Eucharist,” he said. Archbishop Nwachukwu urged the...

Vatican Museums unveils restored Raphael Rooms after a decade of meticulous restoration

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican Museums on Thursday unveiled the last and most important of the restored Raphael Rooms, the spectacularly frescoed reception rooms of the Apostolic Palace that in some ways rival the Sistine Chapel as the peak of...

LIVE from the Vatican | Pope Leo XIV’s Holy Mass | Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul

Pope Leo XIV on Sunday, June 29, 2025, will bless and bestow the “pallium” — a white woolen vestment symbolizing pastoral authority and unity with the pope — on 48 new metropolitan archbishops, including eight from the United States.

Vatican: Bank in the Green, But Finances Remain in the Red

According to the annual report published on June 11, 2025, by the Holy See's official website, Vatican News, the IOR recorded solid financial results for 2024, confirming a positive trajectory after years of reforms. The institute thus generated a...

Vatican unveils last of restored Raphael Rooms after 10-year cleaning

The Pope has ‘isolated’ breathing crisis in hospital, Vatican says

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Vatican unveils last restored Raphael Room after 10-year cleaning that yielded new discoveries

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican Museums on Thursday unveiled the last and most important of the restored Raphael Rooms, the spectacularly frescoed reception rooms of the Apostolic Palace that in some ways rival the Sistine Chapel as the peak of high...

Vatican unveils last of restored Raphael Rooms after 10-year cleaning that yielded new...

Vatican Museums officials recounted the discoveries on Thursday in inaugurating the hall, known as the Room of Constantine, after the last scaffolding came down. The reception room, which was painted by Raphael and his students starting in the...

Vatican unveils last of restored Raphael Rooms after decade-long restoration project

Open this photo in gallery:Master Renaissance artist Raphael painted the reception rooms of the Apostolic Palace, with the largest of the four unveiled Thursday after cleaning and restoration.Alessandra Tarantino/The Associated Press The Vatican...

VATICAN - Pope Leo embraces Eastern Christians, struck by violence “with a diabolical intensity previously unknown”

Thursday, 26 June 2025 abouna.org Vatican City – (Agenzia Fides) – Today, violent conflict seems to be raging in the Christian East "with a diabolical intensity previously unknown". And precisely in those lands, now covered “by a cloud of hatred...

Moment Pope Leo is hit on the head by object thrown from a worshipper before another man yanks his arm with the new pontiff left begging for calm at the Vatican

This is the tense moment an object is thrown at Pope Leo XIV from a huge crowd that tries to charge him on World Drugs Day. Swarms of worshippers were pressed against the railing, desperately trying to reach out to the Catholic leader. One...

Vatican unveils last of restored Raphael Rooms after 10-year cleaning that yielded new discoveries

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican Museums on Thursday unveiled the last and most important of the restored Raphael Rooms, the spectacularly frescoed reception rooms of the Apostolic Palace that in some ways rival the Sistine Chapel as the peak of...

Vatican decision sparks big surge in Međugorje pilgrimages

by croatiaweek June 26, 2025 in News Apparition Hill (Photo credit: Michał Maksymilian Gwozdek/Public domain license) ZAGREB, 25 June (Hina) – On the 44th anniversary of the reported apparitions of the Virgin Mary, the number of pilgrims gathering...

“A proud moment”: Leadership of South African Political Party Lauds Bishop’s Appointment to Vatican Dicastery

Johannesburg, 26 June, 2025 / 9:47 pm (ACI Africa). The appointment of Bishop Thulani Victor Mbuyisa of South Africa’s Koksta Catholic Diocese as a member of the Vatican Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and the Societies of Apostolic...

Pope Leo praises Pope Francis for redefining synodality as a guiding style that shapes the Church’s identity in Vatican meeting

It was a meaningful afternoon just outside the Vatican walls on June 26, 2025, as Pope Leo XIV met with members of the Synod’s 16th ordinary council. While his visit was brief, it carried a powerful message—one that echoed the heart of his...

Science and the stars a call to the spiritual, says Vatican astrophysicist

PHOENIX | The Vatican Observatory attests that "science is not against God" -- and the nexus of science and spirituality invites humankind to contemplate the Lord's wondrous works, said a Jesuit astrophysicist. Father Pavel Gabor, vice director of...

Priest from Otter Tail County reunites with pope at Vatican

VATICAN CITY — A well-known Otter Tail County priest had a chance reunion with an old friend during a recent trip to the Vatican — his former seminary professor and current spiritual director, Pope Leo. Father Lucho Palomino, who serves the...

‘Humbling honor’: 'The Chosen' actor Jonathan Roumie met Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican

Pope Leo XIV and Jonathan Roumie, the actor who portrays Jesus on “The Chosen,” posed for a selfie outside the Vatican this week. After three weeks of filming the crucifixion scenes for the sixth season of the popular show in Italy, Roumie visited...