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Vatican announces pope will bring migrants from Cyprus to Italy

NICOSIA, Cyprus — After Pope Francis denounced putting up "barbed wire" to keep out migrants and the practice of pushing boats back to countries where they face conditions similar to a "lager," the Vatican announced he would help move a dozen migrants from Cyprus to Italy before Christmas.

12/3/21

Cindy Wooden | Catholic News Service

Vatican, Roma community soccer match ends in tie

VATICAN CITY — A friendly soccer match sponsored by the Vatican to promote fraternity and an end to racial discrimination ended in a tie.

11/24/21

Junno Arocho Esteves | Catholic News Service

Vatican Christmas to feature Indigenous Peruvian crèche

VATICAN CITY — The Nativity scene in St. Peter's Square this year will have a distinctly Indigenous, Andean look with the centerpiece being a "Hilipuska" baby Jesus, that is, one wrapped in a blanket bound with a long cord known as a "chumpi."

11/17/21

Catholic News Service
Pope urges Ratzinger Prize winners to hold fast to truth like Pope Benedict

VATICAN CITY — Honoring an Australian theologian, a French philosopher and two German theologians, Pope Francis prayed that they may continually be inspired by retired Pope Benedict XVI's episcopal motto, "Cooperatores veritatis" — co-workers in the truth.More

11/15/21

Cindy Wooden | Catholic News Service

Pope sets date for canonization of Blessed de Foucauld, others

VATICAN CITY — Blessed Charles de Foucauld and six other candidates for sainthood finally will be canonized May 15, 2022, the Vatican announced Nov. 9.More

11/9/21

Cindy Wooden | Catholic News Service

Pope names woman secretary-general of Vatican City State governing office

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has appointed Sister Raffaella Petrini, an Italian member of the U.S.-based Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist, to be secretary-general of the office governing Vatican City State.More

11/5/21

Cindy Wooden | Catholic News Service

Vatican: Christians, Hindus can bring hope to those in despair

As the world continues to deal with the coronavirus pandemic, Christians, Hindus and people belonging to other religious traditions can come together to bring hope to those who suffer, said the top officials of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue.More

10/29/21

Junno Arocho Esteves | Catholic News Service

Vatican extends until August initial listening phase for Synod of Bishops

VATICAN CITY — To ensure all Catholics have an opportunity to share and to listen as part of the initial process leading up to the Synod of Bishops in 2023, the Vatican has extended the local phase by more than three months.More

10/29/21

Catholic News Service

Vatican extends traditional All Souls' Day indulgences

VATICAN CITY — With the COVID-19 pandemic still underway and with restrictions on gatherings still in place in some countries, the Vatican has again extended the period of time when people can earn a plenary indulgence for visiting a cemetery and praying for the souls of the faithful in purgatory.More

10/28/21

Catholic News Service

Vatican formalizes process for approving liturgical translations

VATICAN CITY — Four years after Pope Francis modified canon law to emphasize the responsibility of bishops' conferences for judging the accuracy and suitability of liturgical translations and adaptations, the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments published an executive decree formalizing the new process.More

10/22/21

Cindy Wooden | Catholic News Service

Retired Pope Benedict hints at his death in condolence message

WILHERING, Austria — Retired Pope Benedict XVI has hinted at his death in a condolence message for a former colleague who was a professor in Regensburg, Germany.More

10/21/21

Catholic News Service

Call to prayer for the synod finds home online, in app

VATICAN CITY — Cardinal Mario Grech, secretary-general of the Synod of Bishops, said in the process to create a more "synodal church," one where every member contributes and all listen to each other, "we are touching something divine, and prayer is essential."More

10/19/21

Catholic News Service

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