Vatican library opens pr@y*r room for Muslim scholars

A Muslim pr@y*r room has been set up in the heart of the Vatican City's 500-year-old library. Islamic scholars visiting the Vatican Apostolic Library had requested a "room with a carpet to p&@y on" and staff heeded their request. The Vatican...

Vatican report highlights ongoing harm from clergy abuse mishandling

A Vatican commission for the protection of children has said the mishandling by the Catholic Church’s leaders of sexual abuse allegations involving clergy is causing “ongoing harm” to victims, in a hard-hitting report released Thursday.The report...

British royals steps into heart of Vatican: watch

British monarchs have crossed faith lines to strengthen royal ties with the Vatican. Centuries after the Church of England’s split, the royals have continued their symbolic visits to the heart of capital city of Italy.

Vatican report calls for reparations for sex abuse victims and tougher sanctions for abusers

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican’s child protection board said Thursday the Catholic Church has a moral obligation to help victims of clergy sexual abuse heal. Financial reparations for the abused and tougher sanctions for the abusers and their...

Vatican 'grants request for Muslim prayer room'

By PERKIN AMALARAJ, FOREIGN NEWS REPORTER Published: 10:01 EDT, 16 October 2025 | Updated: 11:11 EDT, 16 October 2025 The Vatican has granted Muslim scholars' request for a prayer room. In an interview with Italian newspaper La Repubblica, Father...

Vatican panel advises financial, spiritual reparations for abuse victims

Oct. 16 (UPI) -- The Vatican's child protection advisory panel on Thursday called for reparations to victims of clergy sexual abuse and sanctions on the abusers to help the victims heal. In addition to the tangible examples of the Catholic Church...

Vatican seeks reparations, dialogue with sex abuse survivors

The Catholic Church’s Commission for the Protection of Minors suggested reparations to abuse survivors in its second annual report released Thursday. The latest report emphasized the importance of conversation while fostering a culture of...

Vatican report on abuse criticizes 'performative gestures' for victims, as well as Italy's response

The Vatican's child protection commission criticized senior Catholic leaders in an annual report on Thursday for not moving quickly enough to help victims of sexual abuse by clergy and to implement new safeguarding efforts worldwide. For decades,...

Vatican Library Unveils Muslim Prayer Room, Strengthening Interfaith Inclusivity

The Vatican Apostolic Library has introduced a dedicated prayer room for Muslim scholars, a significant move to enhance inclusivity and interfaith dialogue at one of the world’s premier knowledge hubs. Responding to requests from Muslim...

Vatican leaders urge renewal and change — not just rhetoric — after Gaza ceasefire

Vatican leaders urge renewal and change — not just rhetoric — after Gaza ceasefire ROME (RNS) — Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa pushed for new leadership in Israel and the Palestinian territories and warned that 'peace must be prepared.' Latin...

Vatican Joke: Pope Smiles at ‘Go Cubs’ and Says ‘They Lost’

Just in case you may have forgotten, the head of the Catholic Church is not a Cubs fan. You can take the guy out of Chicago, but you can't take the Chicago out of the guy, even when it comes to taking a slight dig at a rival of his favorite team....

Prince Andrew leaves Royal Lodge home as formal process started to remove titles

Prince Andrew has left his 30-room Windsor mansion, Royal Lodge. Prince Andrew has finally vacated his Royal Lodge residence, agreeing to leave the 30-room Windsor mansion. This shocking decision comes in the wake of mounting pressure from the...

Vatican pledges to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 28%

Louvre heist ‘could happen’ anywhere: Vatican Museums director

A daylight jewel heist pulled off at the world-famous Louvre in Paris this weekend “could happen” anywhere, even at the Vatican Museums, its director Barbara Jatta said Monday. The sort of daring robberies seen “in the Ocean’s Eleven or Ocean’s...

New Orleans sexual abuse victims approve $230m Catholic church settlement

In a nearly unanimous vote, hundreds of victims of child sexual abuse by clergy and other church creditors approved a $230m bankruptcy settlement with the Roman Catholic archdiocese of New Orleans by a midnight deadline on Thursday. The...

Vatican sets up dedicated Muslim prayer room at heart of Pope's 500-year-old library

A Muslim prayer room has been set up in the heart of the Vatican City's 500-year-old library. Islamic scholars visiting the Vatican Apostolic Library had requested a "room with a carpet to pray on" - and staff heeded their request. The Vatican...

‘Fundamental change’ needed to protect humanity amid arms race, says Vatican diplomat

(OSV News) — Amid a new and more dangerous arms race — and the deterioration of international dialogue — the Vatican’s top diplomat to the United Nations has called for a “fundamental change in perspective” to safeguard the increasingly imperiled...

Everyone's a target: What the Vatican, Israeli arm dealers and Jared Leto all have in common?

Barak Orland is an Israeli businessman living in Uganda for over a decade. He runs the company Bar Aviation, is considered close to President Yoweri Museveni, who has ruled for 40 years, and has taken part in numerous defense deals in that East...

Vatican quietly allocates prayer room for Muslims

The Vatican’s Apostolic Library has provided a dedicated prayer room for Muslim visitors, causing a heated debate online. The prayer space, located within the library’s premises in Vatican City, is not a grand mosque-like facility but a modest...

Pope Leo XIV Meets Clergy Abuse Survivors at Vatican

Four victims and two advocates had an hourlong conversation with Leo on Oct. 20. Pope Leo XIV on Monday met with members of an international organization of clergy abuse survivors and advocates at the Vatican. Four victims and two advocates from...