Royals visit Vatican in historic step for churches and welcome respite from Epstein scandal

Vatican II at 60: A New Impulse for the Missions

COMMNETARY: With the Decree ‘Ad Gentes,’ the Second Vatican Council sought to give new energy to the Church’s efforts to spread to the Gospel. The beginning of the Second Vatican Council’s discussion of its decree on the missions, on Nov. 6, 1964,...

British royals visit Vatican in historic step for churches and welcome respite from Epstein scandal

Will Women Rising in the Church of England Influence the Vatican? 

This week, Pope Leo XIV is scheduled to join an ecumenical prayer service in the Sistine Chapel with King Charles, the “Supreme Governor” of the Church of England. (The two are heads of state: the United Kingdom and Vatican City.) The pope will...

King Charles III's visit to Vatican: A historic step in path of unity between two churches

VATICAN CITY — The Catholic Church and Church of England, divided for centuries over issues that now include the ordination of female priests, will take a historic step on the path to unity next week when Britain’s King Charles III and Pope Leo...

King Charles, Queen Camilla kick off Vatican state visit with stunning arrival in Rome

King Charles and Queen Camilla have kicked of their official state two-day visit to the Holy See with stunning ararival. On Tuesday, October 21, the King and Queen touched down in Rome at Ciampino’s 31st Wing Airport. Upon arrival, the royal...

What is the grace that can touch the life of a student? Pope Leo XIV answers pontifical universities

(ZENIT News / Vatican City, 10.27.2025).- On the afternoon of Monday, October 27, Pope Leo XIV presided over the Eucharistic celebration in St. Peter’s Basilica on the occasion of the meeting with students and work teams from Rome’s ecclesiastical...

Pope Leo XIV to visit Türkiye and Lebanon in first overseas trip

Pope Leo XIV will undertake his first international journey since assuming the papacy with a six-day visit to Türkiye and Lebanon scheduled for late November 2025. According to Vatican News, the pontiff's inaugural overseas trip will commence in...

Pope Leo XIV receives the leader of the Assyrian Church of the East and tells him what the challenge is for unity between the two churches

(ZENIT News / Vatican City, 10.27.2025).- On the morning of Monday, October 27, Pope Leo XIV received the Catholicos of the Assyrian Church of the East, His Holiness Mar Awa III, in a private audience. This was the first audience between the Pope...

King Charles gets new title from Pope during Vatican state visit

The visit, which was confirmed by both the Holy See and Buckingham Palace, marks a historic moment in Anglican-Catholic relations. The focus of the trip is on two key themes, Christian unity and care for the environment. Article continues below...

Charles and Camilla to meet Pope Leo as Vatican state visit begins in earnest

The King and Queen begin their two-day state visit to the Vatican in earnest by meeting Pope Leo XIV for the first time since he was elected to office. Charles and Camilla, who arrived in Rome on Wednesday evening, will be greeted by Pope Leo in...

News PA Media: UK News Charles and Camilla to meet Pope Leo as Vatican state visit begins in earnest

The King and Queen begin their two-day state visit to the Vatican in earnest by meeting Pope Leo XIV for the first time since he was elected to office. Charles and Camilla, who arrived in Rome on Wednesday evening, will be greeted by Pope Leo in...

Elegy of Darkness and Light in a Country Churchyard

This October, my uncle Msgr. Thomas Wells has been resurfacing like a ghost of warm memory from the past. At a golf tournament held in his honor, through invitations to speak at his former parishes, and in chance encounters with his old friends,...

The Democratic Party at Prayer

It is over a decade since the BBC questioned whether the Church of England was still the ‘Tory Party at prayer’. In 2014, reckoning that most English Anglicans voted Conservative, it concluded that it was. It is doubtful if that is still the case,...

Cardinal, Vatican Journalists Condemn Threat to Free Press After Assaults On Journalists

In its statement, AIGAV condemned 'this act of violence against a fellow journalist who was simply doing his job.' Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin and an organization of Vatican-accredited journalists have spoken out in support...

Charles and Camilla arrive in Rome to visit Vatican

British royals Charles and Camilla arrived in Rome Wednesday evening where they will visit the Vatican on Thursday when Charles monarch will become the first British monarch to pray in public with a pope in 500 years. On their state visit,...

At Last, Justice for the Faithful: Vatican Grants New Lifeline to the Latin Mass

Throughout his papacy, the late Pope Francis waged war on traditionalist Catholics and the Latin Mass. He accused the priests who celebrate the Latin Mass — including those at my parish — of having a "mental imbalance, emotional deviation,...

Project “Heavenly Religions” presented at the Vatican

Baku, October 22, AZERTAC The triptych created by Azerbaijani carpet weavers as part of the “Heavenly Religions” project has been presented at the Vatican. This artwork, presented during First Vice-President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Mehriban...

Meet the laywoman who kept Catholic faith alive in Soviet camps

Vatican City, Oct 27, 2025 / 15:23 pm A small delegation from Kazakhstan has brought to the Vatican two sealed boxes containing more than 30 pounds of documents, testimonies, and accounts of miracles for the cause of Servant of God Gertrude Detzel...

Pope Leo XIV urges university students to feed ‘hunger for truth and meaning’

Vatican City, Oct 27, 2025 / 14:53 pm Pope Leo XIV urged university students on Monday to feed their “hunger for truth and meaning,” lamenting that modern education often loses sight of the “big picture.” “Today we have become experts in the...