Vatican strikes solar farm deal to become the world’s first carbon-neutral state

Rick Rowe visits St. Peter's Square in Vatican City

ROME, Italy - St. Peter's Square in Vatican City is one of the latest stops on Rick Rowe's trip of a lifetime in partnership with Collette. Rowe is on a tour of Italy with a group of about 40 travelers making memories for life. St. Peter's Square...

UK's Chagos Islands deal 'significant victory' - Pope

Pope Leo XIV met members of the Chagos Refugees Group in Vatican City/SCREENGRAB Pope Leo XIV has said he is "delighted" the UK has agreed to hand the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. Speaking to a delegation of 15 refugees from Chagos, Pope Leo said...

‘I did not authorize these’: Bishop slams 6-figure payouts after Vatican found no abuse

CNA Staff, Aug 8, 2025 / 10:54 am A U.S. Catholic bishop is sharply criticizing a large payout to his accusers even after the Holy See said it had found no evidence to support allegations of abuse against him. Mitchell Garabedian, a Boston-based...

President Zelenskyy Shares Letter from Pope Leo XIV on Ukraine’s Independence Day 

Vatican City, 24 August, 2025 / 7:10 pm (ACI Africa). Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy marked his country’s Independence Day on Sunday by posting a letter from Pope Leo XIV in which the pope assured him of prayers for Ukrainians suffering...

Vatican cardinal calls Netanyahu ‘a tyrant pursuing a dark and bloody plan for power’

(LifeSiteNews) — An Italian cardinal who has worked closely with Pope Leo XIV for several years candidly denounced Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his nation’s “unbridled, and illogical evil” being committed against the people of...

Sacred Voices: Vatican Choir Marks Palestrina’s 500th in New York

COMMENTARY: On tour in the U.S., the Vatican choir revives Palestrina’s legacy with sacred music praised by popes and saints. NEW YORK CITY — A Vatican concert tour this week in New York City highlights the Catholic tradition of sacred music...

VATICAN - Cardinal Tagle to “Catholic Influencers”: Let us be “influenced” and changed by the Love of Christ

VaticanMedia Rome (Agenzia Fides) – To offer salvation to the men and women of all times, God "did not send us a text message, an email, or a document." God "sent his Son, the Word of God who became man," who "became flesh and dwelt among us." To...

Vatican permits exclusively private devotion for alleged apparitions at Italian mountain

Vatican City, Jul 29, 2025 / 10:47 am The Vatican’s doctrinal office has expressed reservations about an alleged Marian apparition site in southern Italy, permitting only private devotion and warning that claims that a deceased woman has...

Vatican reiterates call for recognizing Palestinian state

Max Civili Press TV, Rome The Vatican has reiterated a call for recognizing Palestinian statehood, and decried hunger in Gaza. That comes after Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni recently said that recognizing a Palestinian state would be...

Vatican's Jubilee of Youth draws tens of thousands of Catholics

This handout photo taken on July 29, 2025 and released by the Vatican press office, Vatican Media, shows Pope Leo XIV waving as he unexpectedly arrives in the Pope Mobile to greet pilgrims waiting in St. Peter’s Square, for the launching of the...

Vatican reports good profit as Leo tackles its finances

Pope Leo XIV —AP VATICAN CITY — The office that manages Vatican investments and real estate on Tuesday reported a profit last year of 62 million euros (around $63 million), up 16 million euros from 2023. It’s one of the best results in years and a...

Pennsylvania parish to hold three-day celebration for Carlo Acutis’ canonization

Saint Thomas a’ Becket Church in Jefferson Hills, Pennsylvania, is celebrating the canonization of the first millennial saint with a three-day event that will include Mass, Eucharistic adoration, and veneration of a relic of Blessed Carlo Acutis...

VATICAN Confidential: Secret Stories of Castel GANDOLFO

“Lord of the Rings” fans often get excited when they hear the name “Castel Gandolfo”. Because it sounds very much like “Gandalf”, the legendary wizard of Tolkien's trilogy. I hate to disappoint them, but the truth is that the 12 th century noble...

VATICAN/JUBILEE - The Pope to Catholic digital influencers: In online spaces, always look for the “suffering flesh of Christ” in every brother and sister

Tuesday, 29 July 2025 Vatican Media Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – "In online spaces, always look for the “suffering flesh of Christ” in every brother and sister." This is the mission that Pope Leo entrusted to the digital missionaries and...

Vatican OKs only private devotion for alleged Mount St. Onofrio apparitions

The Vatican’s doctrinal office has issued a mixed opinion on alleged Marian apparitions that have occurred in Southern Italy, allowing private acts of devotion but no public worship at the site. Mount St. Onofrio. Credit: Madonna del monte...

Vatican Supports Recognition of Palestinian State

The Vatican is ready to recognize a Palestinian state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State, told Italian television Rai TV during an interview. Parolin said the recognition of a state of Palestine was the “only solution,” in response to...

Pope Leo exhorts altar boys to ‘lead the faithful’ into the Mystery by serving Mass reverently

In an Aug. 25 audience with about 360 young altar servers from France, Pope Leo exhorted the youths to serve Mass in such a way as to “lead the faithful” into a full contemplation of the importance of the Liturgy. “[Jesus] desires nothing more...

Vatican reports good profit on investments and real estate

VATICAN CITY The office that manages Vatican investments and real estate reported a profit of 62 million euros (around $63 million) in 2024, up 16 million euros from 2023. It’s one of the best results in years and a bit of good news as Pope Leo...

Meet Lady Nicholas Windsor, the rarely seen royal who made history after she married Queen Elizabeth's cousin in the Vatican City

At the dawn of the new millennium, her life would change forever. It was at a New Year’s Eve 1999 party in Manhattan that she met Lord Nicholas Windsor, with Raphael’s Crucifixion adorning the wall of the penthouse. It must have been a real...