(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Wednesday during the General Audience said God is telling everyone to “Rise up,” and that the Holy Door of the ...

(Vatican Radio) On Tuesday, Pope Francis made a private visit to two convents of religious sisters in the Italian regions of Lazio and Abruzzo.

The ...

(Vatican Radio) The witness of God’s merciful love which the Church, as mother, is called to give was at the center of Pope Francis ...

On Tuesday morning, 9 August, Pope Francis made a surprise visit to the Convent of St Francis in Carsoli in the province of L'Aquila ...

(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has sent his condolences after the attack on the hospital in Quetta, Pakistan, which killed over 70 people.

The majority of ...

(Vatican Radio)  Pope Francis sent a telegramme on Monday expressing his condolences and prayers for the victims of Hurricane Earl in Central America.

Hurricane Earl ...

(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis prayed the Angelus on Sunday with people gathered in a sun-drenched St. Peter’s Square, beneath the window of the Papal ...

(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis renewed his condemnation of violence and his call for peace in Syria on Sunday. The Holy Father’s appeals came following ...

(Vatican Radio)  Pope Francis sent a message on Saturday to Cardinal Cláudio Hummes, O.F.M., the Holy Father’s Special Envoy to the XVII ...

(Vatican Radio)  Pope Francis sent a letter to the Refugee Olympic Team as they prepared to compete in the Olympic Games 2016 taking place in ...

I was in France on the day Jacques Hamel was brutally assassinated during the Eucharistic celebration in his parish in Normandy.

For two days, France ...

Cardinal Frederick O’Brien, Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, inaugurated the Grand Magisterium website (www.oessh.va) early ...

Pontifical Acts in the Daily Bulletin of the Holy See Press Office

(Vatican Radio)  Political tensions are reported in Russia where President Vladimir Putin has abruptly replaced his longtime chief-of-staff with a low-profile younger aide. The dismissal ...

Cucuta - Five border crossings, of which the most important, Cucuta towards San Antonio del Tachira, will be reopened today, Saturday, August 13, according to the ...

Lagos - Nigeria has reported its first two cases of polio after more than two years, in an area that was recently freed from Islamic extremists ...

(Vatican Radio)  Ukraine has put its troops on combat alert along the country's de-facto borders with Crimea and separatist rebels in the east. The ...

Sri Lanka took a major step towards truth and national reconciliation on Thursday when its parliament passed a law to establish an office to trace ...

(Vatican Radio)  The abuse of religious freedom is on the rise, with a vicious cycle of religious restriction and social hostilities fueling its increase, according ...

Misiones - The Bishop of the Diocese of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones , His Exc. Mgr. Mario Melanio Medina called on the Minister of Agriculture ...

Sr. Teresa Marcazzan, who belongs to the religious congregation of the Daughters of St. Paul (Paulines) has said that their founder Blessed James Alberione used ...

The Metropolitan Archbishop of Abuja in Nigeria, Cardinal John Onaiyekan has called on Nigerians to promote mutual trust and not allow evil people sow seeds ...

(Vatican Radio)  On August 15th each year, the Catholic Church remembers the Assumption of Our Lady into Heaven.  Different traditions hold that the Virgin Mary ...

Caritas Bangladesh is launching a series of initiatives to help victims of the devastating floods in Bangladesh. The Catholic charity's volunteers (see the photogallery ...

(Vatican Radio)  On the 75th anniversary of the death of St. Maximilian Kolbe, a leading scholar on the life of the saint describes him as ...

Following nationwide protests, over the weekend by Ethiopia’s Oromo people, the Catholic Bishops of Ethiopia have called for peaceful dialogue as a sure means ...

Vatican Weekend for August 14, 2016 features our weekly reflection on the Sunday Gospel presented by Jill Bevilacqua for the series 'There's More in ...

Vatican Weekend for August 13, 2016 begins with a look at what Pope Francis had to say at the General Audience: open the doors of ...