Israeli police storm Al-Aqsa Mosque, many injured
By Nathan Morley – Palestinian youths clashed with Israeli police in Jerusalem’s Al Aqsa Mosque compound on Friday. This site in Jerusalem’s…
Pope: UN powerless in Ukraine war, where the logic of powerful prevails
By Vatican News staff reporter – logic of powerful – At the Wednesday General Audience, Pope Francis decried the war in Ukraine,…
Congo: Church authorities and the Government meet to start preparing for Pope Francis’ visit.
The meeting brought together DRC’s Prime Minister Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde, Archbishop Ettore Balestrero, the Apostolic Nuncio to DRC, representatives of CENCO and…
Pope Francis entrusts Apostolic Journey to Malta to Our Lady
By Vatican News staff reporter On the eve of Pope Francis’s 36th Apostolic Journey abroad, he went as is his custom to…
Delegations of Canada’s indigenous peoples: ‘Pope Francis listened to our pain’
By Salvatore Cernuzio – “Truth, justice, healing, reconciliation.” – Those words express the goals which delegations from several of Canada’s indigenous peoples…
Pope consecrates Russia & Ukraine: ‘Spiritual act of trust amid cruel war’
Pope Francis consecrates all humanity—especially Russia and Ukraine—to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, and says the act expresses our complete trust in…
‘Forgotten catastrophe’ of Syria’s 11-year war deplored by Catholic envoy
As much of the world's attention is turned toward the COVID-19 pandemic and the crisis in Ukraine, the conflict that has engulfed…
Battle rages as Russian forces try to capture Kyiv
By Stefan J. Bos – Vatican News Ukrainian forces desperately tried to hold back Russian forces in this village near Kyiv. “Continue…