Vatican News

Vatican abuse trial: Court clears defendants of crimes

The first hearing of the abuse trial takes place at the Vatican court Oct. 14, 2020. / Vatican Media.

‘This is a moment of shame’: Pope Francis expresses sorrow at French abuse report

Pope Francis prays with French bishops before his general audience, Oct. 6, 2021, in the wake of a devastating abuse report. / Vatican Media.

Pope Francis: True freedom flows from the Cross of Christ

Pope Francis’ general audience in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, Oct. 6, 2021. / Vatican Media.

Pope Francis discusses education with faith leaders on World Teachers’ Day

Pope Francis with participants in the meeting “Religions and Education: Towards a Global Compact on Education” at the Vatican, Oct. 5, 2021. / Vatican Media.

Vatican finance trial: Judges to rule whether to keep or scrap case in face of procedural missteps

A finance trial involving 10 defendants opens at the Vatican on July 27, 2021. / Vatican Media.

3 Swiss Guards resign over Vatican vaccine mandate

Members of the Pontifical Swiss Guard at the Vatican. / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.

Cardinal Turkson talks Biden, Holy Communion on HBO

Cardinal Peter Turkson, prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, at a Vatican press conference, July 7, 2020. / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.

Pope Francis mourns ‘self-sacrificing’ cardinal who announced Benedict XVI’s election

Chilean Cardinal Jorge Medina Estévez (1926-2021). / Biblioteca (BCN) Congreso Nacional de Chile via Wikimedia (CC BY 2.0).

5 things to know about the Vatican finance trial involving Cardinal Becciu

Cardinal (then Archbishop) Giovanni Angelo Becciu aboard the papal flight to Colombo, 2015. / Alan Holdren/CNA

Pope Francis, faith leaders issue carbon emissions appeal ahead of UN climate change conference

Pope Francis addresses participants in the meeting ‘Faith and Science: Towards COP26’ at the Vatican’s Hall of Benediction, Oct. 4, 2021. / Vatican Media.

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