The Latest Breaking News from Vatican

Pope appeals to Russians for peace in Ukraine in Easter message

Pope Francis appeared to ask Russians to seek the truth about their country's invasion of Ukraine in his Easter message to the world.

The New Daily · Apr 9, 2023

Pope, big crowd mark Easter in flower-adorned Vatican square

Pope Francis is celebrating Easter Sunday along with dozens of prelates and tens of thousands of pilgrims and tourists in St. Peter's Square

The Independent UK · Apr 9, 2023

Watch as Pope Francis takes part in Easter Mass at the Vatican

Watch as Pope Francis takes part in Easter Mass at the Vatican on Sunday 9 April.

The Independent UK · Apr 9, 2023

Pope Francis to miss Way of the Cross event in cold Rome

The Vatican says Pope Francis, who was recently hospitalized for bronchitis, won’t preside over Good Friday’s Way of the Cross event due to extremely cold weather in Rome

The Independent UK · Apr 7, 2023

The Vatican just renounced a 500-year-old doctrine that justified colonial land theft … Now what? — Podcast

Last week, the Vatican finally distanced itself from the Doctrine of Discovery — a hundreds of years old decree that justified land theft and enslavement of people who were not Christian.

The Conversation · Apr 6, 2023

Recovered pope washes feet of young inmates on Holy Thursday

Pope Francis, appearing fully recovered from a bout of bronchitis, on Thursday began an intense four days leading to Easter urging priests to avoid fomenting division in the Church and washing the feet of inmates in a juvenile prison.

Reuters · Apr 6, 2023

Pope says he knows what non-binary means, welcomes LGBT people to church: ‘All persons are children of God’

‘God does not reject anybody, God is a father. And I have no right to expel anyone from church’

The Independent UK · Apr 6, 2023

Pope leads Holy Thursday service in Vatican basilica

Pope Francis has begun the first of two major Holy Thursday ceremonies

The Independent UK · Apr 6, 2023

Gabriele Amorth conducted over 60,000 exorcisms and believed Hitler was possessed. Meet the man who inspired The Pope’s Exorcist

Father Gabriele Amorth (1925-2016) was undoubtedly the most famous Catholic exorcist of the modern era. By his account, Amorth performed at least 60,000 exorcisms during the course of his ministry, sparking a renewed interest for exorcism within Catholicism.

The Conversation · Apr 5, 2023

Russell Crowe goes to the dark side in frightening biopic

Oscar-winner Russell Crowe returns to Rome, leaving the Colosseum and heads across town to the Vatican, where he plays Father Gabriele Amorth

The New Daily · Apr 5, 2023