VATICAN CITY—Four members of the Swiss Guard and three other residents of Vatican City State recently tested positive for COVID-19, said Matteo Bruni, director of the Vatican press office. In a note Oct. 12, Bruni […]
VATICAN CITY—Prayer isn’t about closing oneself in a room with God “to put makeup on your soul — that’s not prayer, that’s fake praying; to pray is to face God and allow yourself to be […]
VATICAN CITY—Pope Francis’ social encyclical sees the need for human fraternity as more than just an abstract concept, but as a concrete path toward peaceful coexistence in a world fraught by war, said Cardinal Pietro […]
VATICAN CITY—Before the coronavirus pandemic halted all public audiences at the Vatican, Pope Francis met members of the Vatican City State court and spoke of the Vatican’s “commitment to fight illegality in the field of […]
Cardinal Albino Luciani was elected pope on August 26, 42 years ago. Experts are currently examining a presumed miracle that could open the way for the beatification of John Paul I. One of the shortest […]
VATICAN CITY—Their heads encased in white bandages covering the wounds where they had been conjoined, 2-year-old twins named Ervina and Prefina were baptized by Pope Francis Aug. 6 in the chapel of his residence. The […]
VATICAN CITY—Changing the words of the formula for baptism render the sacrament invalid, said the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Specifically, a baptism administered with the formula “We baptize you …” instead of […]
VATICAN CITY—True compassion requires “courageous sharing,” not telling people to go fend for themselves, Pope Francis said. God operates according to “the logic of taking responsibility for others, the logic of not washing one’s hands, […]
VATICAN CITY—When Zoe, 10, showed up late for summer camp at the Vatican, she did not expect to see Pope Francis there. “I froze because it was a surprise and I had never seen him […]
VATICAN CITY—When the difficulties and uncertainties of the coronavirus pandemic were at their height in Italy this past spring, one Vatican cardinal defined the snowballing crisis as a form of “trauma.” When asked by the […]
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