Vatican News

Pope Francis on Assumption feast: 'Humility is the way that leads to heaven'

Pope Francis speaks at the at the Grotto of Lourdes in the Vatican Gardens on May 31st, 2021. / Vatican Media/CNA

Pope Francis urges solidarity with Haiti after devastating earthquake

Pope Francis greets pilgrims from the window overlooking St. Peter's Square on July 25, 2021. / Vatican Media/CNA

Pope Francis: Nostalgia is the 'siren song of religious life'

Pope Francis' video message to the Confederation of Latin American and Caribbean Religious (CLAR) on Aug. 13, 2021. / Screenshot

Inventors of CRISPR gene editing appointed to Pontifical Academy of Sciences

Jennifer Doudna, a co-inventor of CRISPR gene editing, who was appointed a member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences Aug. 11, 2021. Credit: Christopher Michel via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Pope Francis meets actor who plays Jesus in ‘The Chosen’

"The Chosen" actor Jonathan Roumie (left) and director Dallas Jenkins (center front) meet Pope Francis (right) at the Vatican on Aug. 11. / Daniel Ibanez/CNA

Pope Francis speaks on phone at end of general audience

Pope Francis spoke on the phone at the end of his general audience Aug. 11, 2021. / Daniel Ibanez/CNA.

Pope Francis saddened by murder of French priest Fr. Olivier Maire

Pope Francis makes the sign of the cross during his general audience on Aug. 11, 2021. / Daniel Ibanez/CNA.

Cardinal Eduardo Martínez Somalo, retired camerlengo, dies at 94

Cardinal Eduardo Martinez Somalo died Aug. 10 in Rome at the age of 94. / press.vatican.va

Cardinal Zen: Traditional Latin Mass should continue, though some critics hope it will 'disappear'

Cardinal Joseph Zen / Official photo

Report: Envelope with three bullets addressed to Pope Francis intercepted

Pope Francis delivers his Angelus address at the Vatican, Aug. 8, 2021. / Vatican Media.

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