Tag: Vatican

Property and other assets of the Holy See are entrusted to entities as “public trustees and not owners”

Due to a “strong cold,” the pope distributed copies of his speeches at two morning appointments rather than read them aloud as usual

Establishing an apostolic nunciature in Oman means that diplomatic relations will be conducted at the highest levels

The tensions come as the Catholic Church conducts a vast global consultation on its future, the "Synod on Synodality"

Prisoners, refugees, and families with children from Ukraine, Syria, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Sudan were also invited

The express request on the part of the emeritus pope is that everything be simple with regard to the funeral and the other celebrations

Catholics have traveled to the Vatican from both near and far to see the late pope for the last time and to pray for his eternal repose

Simple rituals of prayer, holy water, incense, and silent goodbyes began in darkness inside the Vatican’s Mater Ecclesiae Monastery

Unlike when previous popes have died, there would be no need to call a conclave to elect a new one, as Pope Francis remains very much in post

The latest round of hearings at the Vatican’s historic finance trial has revealed several twists that profoundly changed proceedings