Vatican report on abuse reveals challenges, including taboos

A large part of the report is devoted to a meticulous and critical study of the practices of the Church in Italy, a country that serves as a testing ground for measuring progress and resistance in the fight against abuse. Experts from this body,...

Church deplores anti-Semitism, fights it says pope

Pope Leo XIV reiterated the Catholic Church's commitment to fighting anti-Semitism on Wednesday as he referred to the 60th anniversary of 'Nostra aetate', the Second Vatican Council's Declaration on Interreligious Dialogue, during his weekly...

Vatican statistics show fewer priests and religious, more lay missionaries

VATICAN CITY (CNS) – While the number of Catholic priests and religious continues to decline, the number of lay missionaries, catechists and permanent deacons continues to increase, according to the news agency Fides. In anticipation of the...

Fact check: Did the Vatican Library open a prayer room for Muslims?

CNA Staff, Oct 21, 2025 / 15:56 pm Reports circulating in media outlets and on social media in October 2025 allege that the Vatican has opened a prayer room for Muslims in the Apostolic Library. Claim: The Vatican Library has opened a prayer room...

Facts contradict Vatican secretary’s claim that persecution in Nigeria ‘not a religious conflict’

The Holy See’s Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin this week suggested that the violence against Christians in Nigeria is not a matter of Islamists targeting Christians but merely a series of conflicts stemming from non-religious disputes....

ROYAL FAMILY LIVE: King Charles and Queen Camilla to begin Vatican visit

In case you missed it yesterday, a star-studded line-up for the Earthshot Prize Awards was announced. Accompanying the Prince of Wales as he travels to Brazil for his annual Earthshot awards next month will be pop princess Kylie Minogue and...

New chapter in the protection of minors: Pope Leo XIV receives six victims of clerical abuse at the Vatican

(ZENIT News / Ciudad del Vaticano, 10.21.2025).- For years, the voices of those abused within the Catholic Church have echoed across continents—heard, yet rarely heeded. On October 20, 2025, that sound entered the Apostolic Palace in Rome, where...

3 dead after plane crashes in Lafayette Parish near Vatican

LAFAYETTE PARISH, La. (NEWS 15) — Three people are dead after a plane crashed in Lafayette Parish near the small community of Vatican, according to the Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office. It went down near the intersection of West Gloria Switch...

Assembly of First Nations says it’s talking to Vatican about returning sacred items

OTTAWA – The Assembly of First Nations says it’s talking to the Vatican Museum about repatriating a number of sacred items currently in its collection. National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak said Tuesday some logistical issues still need to be...

Vatican statistics show fewer priests, more lay missionaries

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — While the number of Catholic priests and religious continues to decline, the number of lay missionaries, catechists and permanent deacons continues to increase, according to the news agency Fides. In anticipation of the...

AFN says it's talking to the Vatican about returning sacred items

Photo: The Canadian Press Pope Francis and Gov. Gen. Mary Simon watch a traditional dance during the final public event of his papal visit to Canada as he prepares to leave Iqaluit, Nunavut on Friday, July 29, 2022. The Assembly of First Nations...

Vatican media spotlight opening of Catacombs of Commodilla restoration project with participation of Azerbaijan’s First Vice-President Mehriban Aliyeva

Vatican, October 17, AZERTAC The media outlets of the Holy See have highlighted the opening ceremony of the restoration project of the Catacombs of Commodilla, held on October 16, with the participation of Azerbaijan’s First Vice-President...

Indigenous artifacts held in Vatican Museums finally heading back to Canada

The century-old kayak has spent decades locked away in the vaults of the Vatican Museums, its driftwood frame still holding together, though the fragile sealskin cover is partly tattered. Out of sight for generations, the vessel carries the...

Vatican Liturgist Urges U.S. Church to Follow Pope Francis’ Guidelines On Mass

Cardinal Roche did not discuss Francis’ restrictions on the Traditional Latin Mass at length, but he did promote the documents that speak to those restrictions. Cardinal Arthur Roche, who leads the Vatican’s administrative body on the liturgy,...

Vatican Commission Criticizes Church Leadership for Slow Response to Abuse Victims

The Vatican's child protection office issued an internal report accusing senior Catholic leaders of being too slow to assist victims of clergy sexual abuse and of not implementing adequate safeguarding measures. "In many cases ......

Vatican approves Muslim prayer room

The Vatican has quietly approved a request from Muslim scholars for a small prayer room within its world-famous Apostolic Library. The decision, revealed in an Italian newspaper interview, has sparked mixed reactions online, with some praising...

Vatican Library Establishes Muslim Prayer Room Amid Growing Interfaith Dialogue

Vatican City, October 17, 2025 – In a landmark gesture of interfaith harmony, the Vatican Apostolic Library – the intellectual heart of the Catholic Church for over five centuries – has inaugurated a dedicated Muslim prayer room within its...

VATICAN - Catholic Church Statistics 2025

Friday, 17 October 2025 Vatican City (Fides Agency) - As every year, in view of World Mission Sunday, which this year celebrates its 99th anniversary on Sunday, October 19, 2025, on the theme “Missionaries of Hope Among all Peoples”, Fides News...

VATICAN - Sister Maria Troncatti: “Called to be a missionary”

Friday, 17 October 2025 FMA Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday, October 19, 2025, on the occasion of World Mission Sunday, Blessed Maria Troncatti will be proclaimed a saint by Pope Leo XIV. Sister Troncatti's holiness is demonstrated by the...

Leo XIV meets global survivor advocacy group in Vatican

ROME – Pope Leo XIV met with the leadership of the Ending Clergy Abuse (ECA) advocacy organization on Monday in the Vatican, Leo’s first official meeting with survivors of abuse since his election in May and the first-ever meeting between a pope...