Tag: Vatican News
Vatican backs calls to ease patent protections for COVID-19 vaccines
Some existing mechanisms for compulsory licenses are slowing down rollout of vaccination programs, says archbishop
Cardinal Tagle named member of Vatican’s Treasury, central bank
The Amministrazione del Patrimonio della Sede Apostolica acts as the Treasury and central bank of Vatican City and the Holy See
‘Sailing Nun’ to help steer Church course with key Vatican job
She becomes the first woman to have a right to vote in the assemblies, something many women and some bishops have called for
Pope Francis names lay person head of Vatican’s disciplinary body
Vincenzo Buonomo, rector of the Pontifical Lateran University, has been named president of the Disciplinary Commission of the Roman Curia
Vatican to start COVID-19 vaccinations second half of January
Priority will be given to health and public safety personnel, to the elderly and to personnel who come in contact with the public
Pope Francis misses leading New Year services because of leg pain...
Pope Francis suffers from sciatica, a condition that causes pain that radiates from the lower back to the lower part of the body
Pope commits Vatican to net zero carbon emissions by 2050
The Vatican said the city-state was moving ahead with plans to substitute all its combustion engine cars with electric or hybrid vehicles
Vatican report links Pope John Paul II to disgraced former American...
Ex-cardinal Theodore McCarrick was a highly influential figure in the American Church — now aged 90, he lives in isolation
Pope Francis welcomes Cardinal Pell back to the Vatican
But it remains unclear whether the Australian cardinal will take up another role in the Vatican
Four Vatican Swiss Guards test positive for COVID-19
The Vatican said all of those who had tested positive had mild symptoms and had been isolated