The Latest Breaking News from Vatican

Pope to make often delayed visit to South Sudan in July

Pope Francis will visit South Sudan in July, the Vatican said on Thursday, making a trip he has repeatedly had to delay because of security concerns in a country still emerging from a post-independence civil war.

Reuters · Mar 3, 2022

Remember Ukrainians in shelters, pope says; thanks Poland for refugee help

Pope Francis on Wednesday asked people around the world to remember Ukrainians in underground shelters seeking protection from bombardments and thanked Poland for taking in the bulk of refugees from the war.

Reuters · Mar 2, 2022

Pope gives fathers working at Vatican 3-day paternity leave

Pope Francis has decided to grant a three-day paternity leave to new fathers who work at the Vatican

The Independent UK · Mar 1, 2022

Ukraine invasion: Pope Francis visits Russian embassy to 'express concern'

Francis broke with protocol to make the intervention

Wales Online · Feb 25, 2022

Departing from protocol, pope goes to Russian embassy over Ukraine

Pope Francis went to the Russian embassy to the Vatican on Friday to relay his concern over Russia's invasion of Ukraine to Moscow's ambassador, in an unprecedented departure from diplomatic protocol.

Reuters · Feb 25, 2022

Pope cancels Florence visit, Ash Wednesday service due to knee pain

Pope Francis has been forced to cancel a trip to Florence this Sunday and Ash Wednesday services next week, because of an acute flare up of pain in his knee, the Vatican said on Friday.

Reuters · Feb 25, 2022

Vatican hopes for "glimmer of conscience" from leaders on Ukraine

The Vatican, in its first comment since Russia invaded Ukraine, said on Thursday it hoped that those who hold the destiny of the world in their hands will have a "glimmer of conscience".

Reuters · Feb 24, 2022

25 years later, Legion of Christ victims seek reparations

It has been 25 years since a Connecticut newspaper exposed one of the Catholic Church’s biggest sexual abuse scandals

The Independent UK · Feb 23, 2022

Argentine bishop had porn on phone, priest says at second day of abuse trial

An Argentine bishop requested massages from young men studying to be priests and stored pornographic photos on his phone, witnesses testified on Tuesday on the second day of the cleric's trial for sex abuse.

Reuters · Feb 22, 2022

Like in Arizona, botched baptisms roiled Michigan church

Thousands of Arizona Catholics recently learned they may have been improperly baptized with the wrong words

The Independent UK · Feb 21, 2022