Pope will not celebrate end of the year and new year ceremonies due to sciatica

Pope Francis will not preside over end of the year Vespers and the solemn chanting of the Te Deum this evening, 31st December, in St Peter’s Basilica, or at the Holy Mass for the Solemnity of Mary the Mother of God on 1st January, due to “painful sciatica.” A statement released by the Holy See... Read More

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December 10, 2020

Vatican secretary of state hospitalised

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, was hospitalised on 8th December in preparation for a scheduled surgery to treat an enlarged prostate, the Vatican press office confirmed. Cardinal Parolin, 65, was being treated at Rome’s Gemelli hospital, according to the press office. “It is expected that he can leave the hospital in a few days and gradually resume his... Read More

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December 7, 2020

Nations must work together to address pandemic’s challenges, cardinal says

The world must respond to the Covid-19 pandemic with greater attention to the poor and vulnerable and with increased co-operation for fairly distributing ethical vaccines, the Vatican’s secretary of state told the UN General Assembly. “The challenges of this crisis must be met with a spirit of co-responsibility and with the contribution of everyone,” Cardinal Pietro Parolin said in a... Read More

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November 23, 2020

Anti-Semitism is inhuman, contradicts Christian values, says cardinal

Combatting anti-Semitism requires condemning hatred and working with people of faith to promote peace, respect and religious freedom, said Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state. “The Holy See considers that, along with a living memory of what happened in the past, interreligious dialogue is an indispensable tool to combat anti-Semitism,” he said during an... Read More

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October 16, 2020

Vatican gathers ambassadors to hear what is happening in Syria

As the world’s attention is focused on the Covid-19 pandemic and its dire economic consequences, the Vatican urged nations not to forget the people of Syria, who are still living in a situation of violence and extreme need. In an extraordinary move, the Vatican invited diplomats accredited to the Holy See from around the world to meet on Thursday with... Read More

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October 7, 2020

Pope Benedict had approved the Vatican-China agreement, cardinal says

The Vatican-China agreement on the appointment of bishops was a pastoral, not political agreement, that also had been approved by Pope Benedict XVI, the Vatican Secretary of State said. Every pope, from St Paul VI to Pope Francis, has tried to resolve what Pope Benedict described as a difficult situation “of misunderstandings and incomprehension” that did not benefit... Read More

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August 18, 2020

Vatican official: Christians can offer hope with beauty of Christ’s love

Christians are called to share their experience of God’s beauty, said Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state. People of faith find in God, who became flesh, ‘the wonder of living’, he said in a written message to participants in an annual meeting of the Communion and Liberation movement. ‘Isn’t this amazing discovery perhaps the... Read More

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June 11, 2020

Ukrainian president again asks pope to help with citizens’ release

In a phone conversation with Pope Francis, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy appealed for help in securing the release of Ukrainian citizens being held in areas occupied by Russian or pro-Russian forces. The pope reportedly thanked the president for working toward a peaceful settlement of the conflict and ‘also noted that he was dealing with the... Read More

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April 16, 2020

Vatican names new director of its financial watchdog agency

More than four months after Pope Francis named a new president for the Vatican’s financial watchdog agency, the leadership roster of the agency was completed with the naming of a new director and vice director. Giuseppe Schlitzer, a professor of international finance who has held senior posts at Italy’s central bank and the International Monetary... Read More

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