The Latest Breaking News from Holy See

Banker says he warned Vatican about London fund investor

The Vatican’s longtime investment banker has testified that he repeatedly voiced concerns about a fund that was investing in a troubled London property, but said the Holy See insisted on pursuing the deal even as it lost money

The Independent UK · May 30, 2022

Cardinal Angelo Sodano, powerful Vatican prelate, dies at 94

Cardinal Angelo Sodano, a once-powerful Italian prelate who long served as the Vatican's No. 2 official, has died

The Independent UK · May 28, 2022

Vatican airs dirty laundry in trial over London property

The Vatican’s sprawling financial trial may not have produced any convictions yet or any new smoking guns

The Independent UK · May 22, 2022

Arrested Hong Kong cardinal a fiery critic of Beijing

The 90-year-old retired Hong Kong archbishop who was arrested by Hong Kong police on national security charges has long been a fiery critic of Beijing and the Vatican's efforts to reach a working arrangement with the ruling communists

The Independent UK · May 12, 2022

Cardinal says Pope authorized €1M payment to free kidnapped nun

A cardinal has testified that Pope Francis authorized spending up to 1 million euros to free a Colombian nun kidnapped by al-Qaida-linked militants in Mali

The Independent UK · May 5, 2022

Pope's Ukraine diplomacy a political and spiritual tightrope

Pope Francis hasn’t made much of a diplomatic mark in Russia’s war in Ukraine: His appeals for a truce have gone unheeded, and his planned meeting with the head of the Russian Orthodox Church was called off

The Independent UK · May 4, 2022

Pope appoints key posts, including nun in development office

Pope Francis has made key appointments in his newly reformed Vatican bureaucracy

The Independent UK · Apr 23, 2022

Trial testimony: Vatican wanted to pay off London broker

The former head of the Vatican’s financial watchdog has testified that the agency launched an intelligence investigation into a suspicious London real estate deal after it learned about it

The Independent UK · Apr 5, 2022

Testimony: Pope approved Vatican payout for London property

A suspect in the Vatican's big embezzlement and fraud trial has testified that Pope Francis himself allegedly authorized key parts of the deal in question

The Independent UK · Mar 30, 2022

Ukrainian president speaks to Pope, invites prospect of mediation with Russia

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday he had spoken to Pope Francis and that he would welcome the Holy See's mediating role with Russia.

Reuters · Mar 22, 2022