Pope Francis

King Charles and Queen Camilla wave as they formally bid farewell to Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani at Buckingham Palace on December 4th, 2024. Photo by Aaron Chown / POOL / AFP King Charles and Queen Camilla will pay a state visit to Italy and the Holy See…

Published February 7, 2025 5:46am LONDON, United Kingdom - King Charles and Queen Camilla will pay a state visit to Italy and the Holy See in early April and will meet Pope Francis to mark celebrations for 2025 Catholic Holy Year, Buckingham Palace announced on Thursday. The trip will involve engagements in Rome and…

An unholy war is brewing in the Catholic Church, said Paola Totaro in The Australian (Sydney). While "Conclave", a film about the "murky web of curial politics", is getting Oscar-season buzz, in the real-world Vatican "a series of events has unfolded behind the Leonine Walls in past months that are…

TAIPEI — Global bodies should stop excluding Taiwan for political reasons, President Lai Ching-te told Pope Francis in a letter, adding that he agrees war has no winners. The Vatican is one of only 12 countries to retain formal diplomatic ties with Chinese-claimed Taiwan, and Taipei has watched with concern efforts by Beijing and the Holy See to improve ties. In October, the…

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — The sudden death two years ago of Cardinal George Pell, the Australian prelate Pope Francis had enlisted to clean up the Vatican’s finances, left the Catholic conservative cohort in Rome without an identifiable leader. A new biography takes a look at his legacy and how he…

Pope Francis on Wednesday expressed his concerns over the developments in Congo. It comes as Rwanda-backed rebels captured large parts of eastern Congo’s largest city including its airport, according to the United Nations. Much of the beleaguered city of Goma was calm early Wednesday morning, after a day during which…

(RNS) — Noting that women are better managers than men, Pope Francis announced he is adding another woman to his administrative staff, naming Franciscan Sister Raffaella Petrini to succeed retiring Spanish Cardinal Fernando Vérgez Alzaga as president of the Governatorate of Vatican City State. She will be the second woman…

Pope Francis, 88, experienced a fall at his residence in the Vatican, leaving him with a bruised right forearm, the Vatican confirmed on Thursday. Despite the injury, no fractures were reported, and the pontiff is now using a sling as a precautionary measure. “Pope Francis suffered a contusion on his…

  January 16, (THEWILL) – Catholic Pontiff and sovereign of the Vatican City State, Pope Francis fell and injured his arm on Thursday in his residence, the Vatican said. This comes just weeks after another apparent fall resulted in a bad bruise on his chin. On Dec. 7, the pope…

The 88-year-old has been in increasingly fragile health - Copyright GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFP/File TASOS KATOPODIS Pope Francis has suffered his second fall in as many months and bruised his forearm, the Vatican said Thursday, adding that he was wearing a sling. The 88-year-old, who has been in increasingly fragile…