Nothing is more important than human dignity. Pope Francis' message is clear: he speaks to the people of Molise on Saturday on 5 July, but ...

(Vatican Radio) In a message to participants to the just ended Third Review Conference of the Ottawa Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling ...

(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis held a meeting in the Vatican on Tuesday morning with the Council of Cardinals.

It is the fifth time the Pope ...

(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis said on Monday that there are more persecuted Christians in the world today than there were in the first centuries of ...

(Vatican Radio) Sunday, September 28, has been chosen to be a day dedicated to elderly people and grandparents from around the world. The initiative, organized ...

(Vatican Radio) The Rome daily “Il Messaggero” on Sunday published an interview with Pope Francis made by journalist Franca Giansoldati. In his responses to questions ...

(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has spoken again about his proposed three-year journey of spiritual preparation to the 2016 World Youth Day in Krakow based on ...

Vatican City, 30 June 2014 (VIS) – Today in the Vatican Apostolic Palace Pope Francis received in audience Their Majesties King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia ...

Vatican City, 30 June 2014 (VIS) – The Pope's universal prayer intention for July is “that sports may always be occasions of human fraternity and ...

(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis celebrated Mass for the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul on Sunday, in the Basilica of Saint Peter. During the Mass ...

(Vatican Radio) The Fifth Meeting of the Council of Cardinals concluded today here at the Vatican. With the recent addition of the Cardinal Secretary of ...

(Vatican Radio) A Global Consultation Meeting on the Elimination of Tuberculosis in Countries with a Low Incidence of the Disease got underway on Friday in ...

(Vatican Radio) To mark the day when two popes were canonised together British author Joanna Bogle wrote a prayer book by the title of 'St ...

Vatican City, 4 July 2014 (VIS) – The Council of Cardinals, gathered at the Domus Sanctae Marthae, will conclude its meetings this evening. The next sessions ...

(Vatican Radio) The laicisation of Archbishop Jozef Wesolowski, the former Apostolic Nuncio to the Dominican Republic, is a “sign of the seriousness” with which Pope ...

(Vatican Radio)  Pope Francis shares in the pain of the families of three Israeli teenagers whose bodies were found Monday just over two weeks after ...

 The Council of Cardinals reconvened as planned on Tuesday morning, 1 July at the Domus Sanctae Marthae, and deferred some of the business to Wednesday ...

(Vatican Radio) The Autorità di Informazione Finanziaria(AIF), the Financial Intelligence Authority of the Holy See and Vatican City State, has signed an agreement to ...

(Vatican Radio)Results of a 2013 survey among Catholics on challenges to the Family were released by the Vatican Thursday in the form of a ...

Pope Francis has named Bishop John Ebebe Ayah to head the Diocese of Uyo in Akwa-Ibom State, Nigeria. At the time of his appointment, Bishop ...

(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis issued four new appointments on Saturday.

He named Archbishop Antonio Arcari as the Apostolic Nuncio to Costa Rica. Archbishop Arcari was ...

Vatican City, 4 July 2014 (VIS) – The Holy Father has: - appointed Bishop Eduardo Eliseo Martin of Villa de la Concepcion del Rio Cuarto, Argentina, as ...

(Vatican Radio) Australia's government confirmed on Monday  that it had handed over a boatload of asylum seekers to Sri Lankan authorities in a transfer ...

Ukraine says it has retaken control over a key rebel stronghold in the eastern city of Slovyansk amid heavy fighting in which at least 13 ...

(Vatican Radio)  Hundreds of thousands of Syrian children in Lebanon are growing up without an education, learning the lessons of war, hatred and hunger instead ...

(Vatican Radio) When you think about diplomacy and the U.S. State Department, you probably don’t think about jazz singers or pop idols. Yet ...

(Vatican Radio) Americans celebrate the anniversary of their independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain today (July 4^th).  The Declaration of Independence was adopted ...

Lahore - Because of the spread of terrorism in Pakistan, insecurity, the very difficult living conditions, religious minorities have begun to abandon Pakistan. In the past ...

Jijiga - The pastors of the Somali Region, in the south east of Etiopia live breeding cattle, camels, cattle and goats. In the arid and drought-prone ...

Holot – Tension remains high in the detention center in Holot, in the Negev desert, where last week the malaise of prisoners gave rise to several ...

(Vatican Radio) The fisherman of Lampedusa, thanks to whom thousands of refugees have been brought safely to shore after perilous journeys in search of hope ...

(Vatican Radio; 4 July 2014) The recent emergency meeting of African health ministers has outlined priority actions that will end the Ebola Virus Disease in ...

(Vatican Radio) In two years’ time, the city of Krakow, Poland, will host tens of thousands of young people for the next edition of the ...

(Vatican Radio) It's taken almost forty years, but two former senior military officers, who conducted Argentina’s "Dirty War," have been convicted for their ...

(Vatican Radio) Calm returned to central Hong Kong on Thursday following a series of protests as hundreds of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets ...

Warsaw - The School of Missionary Animators, organized by the Pontifical Mission Societies in Poland, which began at the Missionary Formation Center in Warsaw on June ...

Bogota – To analyze the social, economic, religious and political life of the country, in addition to strengthening the bonds of communion among the Bishops: is ...

Kirkuk - In the city of Kirkuk, the Churches are intensely engaged in assisting refugees - mainly Muslims – who have fled from Mosul and villages that are ...

(Vatican Radio) Young Catholics in the UK are taking part in a festival at Oscott Seminary in Birmingham this weekend to reflect on their calling ...

(Vatican Radio) ‘A current of grace for the Church’: that was how Pope Francis recently described the Charismatic Renewal Movement which began at an American ...

(Vatican Radio 3 July) After the tragedy of the boat that sank off Italy’s Southern Island of Lampedusa, came first the appeal of the ...

(Vatican Radio) Veronica Scarisbrick presents 'Vatican Weekend' for July 6, 2014, a half hour broadcast which features a selection of readings and reflections focusing on ...