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  King to be first British monarch to pray with Pope in at least 500 years
King Charles and Pope Leo are to become the first British monarch and pontiff to pray together at a church service since the Reformation in the 16th Century. This historic moment will be in the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican, during next week's...
    
  King will be first monarch to pray in public with the Pope when he visits Vatican City next week
CHARLES will become the first monarch to pray in public with the Pope when he visits Vatican City next week. The King will also receive a new title and a special chair making the State Visit in a celebration of ‘common ground between faiths’ and...
    
  Azerbaijan's First VP Mehriban Aliyeva meets with Vatican’s Secretary of State [PHOTO]
On October 17, First Vice-President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Mehriban Aliyeva met with Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State of the Vatican. First Vice-President Mehriban Aliyeva expressed her pleasure at meeting Cardinal Pietro Parolin...
    
  First Vice-President of Azerbaijan Mehriban Aliyeva visited Vatican Apostolic Library [PHOTOS/VIDEO]
    
  King Charles To Receive Special Gift From Pope Leo During Vatican Visit
As King Charles and Queen Camilla prepare to visit Pope Leo XIV, rumors continue to swirl about the King’s sons. There was reportedly a rift between Prince William and his father after King Charles secretly met with Prince Harry. And no one knows...
    
  Vatican Library now has prayer carpet for Muslims
News Granting Muslims a carpet for prayer at the Vatican library was decried as 'a total betrayal of Our Lord Jesus Christ' by Deacon Nick Donnelly. (LifeSiteNews) — Muslims have been given a carpet for praying at the Vatican Apostolic Library,...
    
  Restoration project of the Catacombs of Commodilla inaugurated in the VaticanFirst Vice-President of Azerbaijan Mehriban Aliyeva attended opening ceremony
Vatican, October 16, AZERTAC First Vice-President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Mehriban Aliyeva arrived in the Holy See – Vatican on an official visit. On October 16, as part of the visit, First Vice-President Mehriban Aliyeva, along with family...
    
  New Vatican Report Calls for Reparations for Sex Abuse Victims, Tougher Sanctions on Abusers
Pope Leo XIV presides over a Rosary vigil for peace in St. Peter's Square on the 63rd anniversary of the start of the Second Vatican Council, at the Vatican, Saturday, Oct. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican’s...
    
  Why a Catholic Cannot Reduce the Promise Made to Israel to a Political Project
The Hamas terrorist attack of October 7, 2023, caused a deep rupture in Western public opinion, polarizing the debate between supporters of Israel and advocates of the Palestinian cause. Yet the stakes go far beyond the humanitarian crisis in Gaza...
    
  First Vice-President of Azerbaijan inspected restoration progress at Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls in the Vatican
Vatican, October 17, AZERTAC On October 16, First Vice-President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Mehriban Aliyeva, accompanied by Cardinal James Harvey, the Archpriest of the Papal Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls, visited the Basilica in the...
    
  First Vice-President Mehriban Aliyeva met with Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls in Vatican
Vatican, October 16, AZERTAC During her official visit to the Holy See on October 16, First Vice-President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Mehriban Aliyeva met with Cardinal James Harvey, Archpriest of the Papal Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the...
    
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  Vatican US Immigration
The Texas bishop on the front lines of the U.S. immigration crackdown has met with Pope Leo XIV in the Vatican. Bishop Mark Seitz from El Paso brought letters from immigrant families living in fear of deportation under the Trump administration's...
    
  Vatican Secretary of State condemns global inaction over Israel’s ongoing massacre in Gaza
Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s Secretary of State, stated that the situation in Gaza has become even more dangerous and tragic than it was a year ago, following a devastating war that claimed tens of thousands of lives. Speaking to Vatican...
    
  Mehriban Aliyeva met with President of Governorate of Vatican City State
    
  Restoration project of the Catacombs of Commodilla inaugurated at the Vatican First Vice-President of Azerbaijan Mehriban Aliyeva attended opening ceremony
First Vice-President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Mehriban Aliyeva arrived in the Holy See – Vatican on an official visit, APA reports. On October 16, as part of the visit, First Vice-President Mehriban Aliyeva, along with family members,...
    
  King to pray at public service with Pope during state visit to Vatican
Charles, Supreme Governor of the Church of England, and Pope Leo XIV, head of the Catholic Church, will pray together during an ecumenical service in the famous Sistine Chapel, a symbolic moment of the continuing dialogue between their two...
    
  Of Boomers, Bishops, and Changing Seasons
This ae night, this ae night Every night and alle, Fire and sleet and candle lighte, And Christ receive thy saule “The Lyke-Wake Dirge” The title of our opening lines, taken from an old English pre-Reformation (judging by its theology) ditty,...
    
  Pope Leo XIV appoints Chicago’s Cardinal Cupich to Vatican City’s governing commission
Pope Leo XIV has appointed a prominent liberal bishop from the United States to the commission responsible for managing Vatican City’s civil governance.The Holy See announced on Wednesday that it selected Cardinal Blase Cupich, Archbishop of...
    
  Pope Leo appoints Cupich to Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State
News Cardinal Blase Cupich recently faced backlash from other bishops for planning to award pro-abortion, pro-LGBT Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin with a ‘lifetime achievement’ award. VATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews) — Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday appointed...