(Vatican Radio)  Pope Francis on Wednesday urged the faithful not to fall into indifference but to become active instruments of mercy.

Addressing the crowd gathered ...

(Vatican Radio)  Pope Francis on Wednesday urged the faithful not to fall into indifference but to become active instruments of mercy.

The Pope’s words ...

(Vatican Radio) We cannot serve God well if we hunger after power and wealth. That was Pope Francis’ message as he reflected on the daily ...

(Vatican Radio) On Monday, Pope Francis spoke out against human trafficking, in an address to members of RENATE: Religious in Europe Networking against trafficking and ...

(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis celebrated Mass on Sunday for the Jubilee for Prisoners in Saint Peter’s Basilica, during which he reminded prison detainees to ...

(Vatican Radio) Following the celebration of Mass on Sunday for the Jubilee of Prisoners, and after the recitation of the Marian Prayer, Pope Francis made ...

(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Sunday celebrated Mass for the Jubilee of Prisoners in St Peter's Basilica, telling those present, "by learning from past ...

(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Saturday evening welcomed the Third World Meeting of Popular Movements at the Vatican. The Meeting brings together organizations of people ...

(Vatican Radio) Cardinal Ferdinando Filoni has been speaking about his recent pastoral visit to Zambia and Malawi. The Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization ...

(Vatican Radio) This year’s Christmas tree and Nativity scene in St. Peter’s Square will be inaugurated and lit up on December 9th and ...

(Vatican Radio) Archbishop Ivan Jurkovič, Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva spoke on Wednesday at ...

(Vatican Radio) Cardinal Peter Turkson, the President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, on Wednesday addressed the UNESCO, the United Nation’s cultural ...

(Vatican Radio) The Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, on Wednesday said he hoped the newly elected American president, Donald Trump, would be guided ...

(Vatican Radio) The Holy See’s permanent observer to the United Nations organisations in Geneva, Archbishop Ivan Jurkovič, urged countries to work together to win ...

(Vatican Radio) A Vatican conference this week aims to show solidarity for persons affected by rare diseases and highlight the plight of poor and vulnerable ...

(Vatican Radio) The Director of the Holy See Press Office, Greg Burke, has clarified the Vatican has not authorised any episcopal ordinations in Continental China ...

(Vatican Radio) The Statute of the Pontifical Academy for Life, signed by the Holy Father on 18 October, was published on Saturday, and will come ...

(Vatican Radio) Archbishop Bernardito Auza, the Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations, on Friday said “peacemaking and substantive dialogue including genuine ...

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

Bangui - "The security situation is serious outside the capital, as demonstrated by the attack on the camp of displaced people in Kaga Bandoro on 12 ...

Jakarta - Tension is still high in Indonesia, after the massive demonstration of radical Islamic groups that on November 4 led through the streets of Jakarta ...

Sana'a - The humanitarian crisis in Yemen continues to worsen. Since last March at least 10,000 children under 5 years of age have died ...

Qamishli - The apparatus and officials of the Kurdish Democratic Union Party , and its military wing YPG , rooted in the north-eastern regions of Syria, with a ...

Puno - For the ninth consecutive year the volunteers of Operation Smile International have planned a series of surgeries at the Manuel Núñez Butrón Regional Hospital ...

Pope Francis, on Saturday appointed Bp. Joseph Arshad, the present bishop of Faisalabad as also the Apostolic Administrator of the vacant see of  Islamabad-Rawalpindi, under ...

(Vatican Radio) Last Testament: in his own words is the final book-length interview of Pope-emeritus Benedict XVI. Conducted by veteran journalist Peter Seewald, the volume ...

Indonesia’s Catholic bishops ended their 11-day annual meeting on Thursday with a pastoral call urging Catholics to unite to fight deep-rooted corruption that has ...

Vatican Weekend for November 13, 2016 features our weekly reflection on the Sunday Gospel reading in Jill Bevilacqua's series, "There's More in the ...

Vatican Weekend for November 12, 2016 features a report on the General Audience of November 9th where Pope Francis tells us to be active instruments ...

El Paso - After the outcome of the presidential elections in the United States, the Bishop of the Diocese of El Paso , His Exc. Mgr. Mark ...

Luque - The Bishops of Paraguay who gathered in the city of Luque for their ordinary Assembly, discussed various issues affecting the country and called on ...

Lusaka - At the conclusion of his pastoral visit to Zambia, Cardinal Fernando Filoni celebrated Mass with the Missionaries of Charity in Lusaka yesterday. "With the ...