Vatican draws attention to sacrifice of seafarers, requests prayers Brian Schoonover July 15, 2019 Vatican News Vatican City, Jul 15, 2019 / 11:49 am (CNA).- The prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development urged prayers Sunday for seafarers, fishermen, and maritime workers, by whose work some 90%...
Pope Francis: Judge your own heart first – not that of those in need Brian Schoonover July 14, 2019 Vatican News Vatican City, Jul 14, 2019 / 05:36 am (CNA).- Helping a person in need requires compassion toward their situation, Pope Francis said Sunday, encouraging Catholics to think first about their own hardness of...
Italian Cardinal Paolo Sardi dies at age 84 Brian Schoonover July 14, 2019 Vatican News Vatican City, Jul 14, 2019 / 04:35 am (CNA).- Cardinal Paolo Sardi, who served under five popes, died Saturday at Gemelli Hospital in Rome after a short illness. The 84-year-old Piemontese cardinal had been...
Vatican will open two ossuaries next week in continued cemetery investigation Brian Schoonover July 13, 2019 Vatican News Vatican City, Jul 13, 2019 / 08:37 am (CNA).- The Vatican has found two ossuaries believed to maybe belong to the German noblewomen whose tombs were found empty earlier this week. According to Vatican...
Vatican tomb investigation uncovers empty graves Brian Schoonover July 11, 2019 Vatican News Vatican City, Jul 11, 2019 / 10:35 am (CNA).- The opening of two tombs on Vatican property revealed both graves to be completely empty, providing no answers in the unsolved disappearance of an Italian girl 36...
Vatican to open tombs in connection with decades-old cold case Brian Schoonover July 10, 2019 Vatican News Vatican City, Jul 10, 2019 / 10:06 am (CNA).- Authorities will open two tombs in a cemetery on Vatican property Thursday in order to perform testing in connection with the unsolved disappearance of Emanuela...
Sistine Chapel Choir director ceases duties Brian Schoonover July 10, 2019 Vatican News Vatican City, Jul 10, 2019 / 06:33 am (CNA).- Fr. Massimo Palombella has ceased his position as director of the Sistine Chapel Choir, according to the Vatican. The music teacher had been under investigation...
Holy See waives diplomatic immunity for accused nuncio to France Brian Schoonover July 8, 2019 Vatican News Vatican City, Jul 8, 2019 / 11:07 am (CNA).- The Holy See has announced it has revoked the diplomatic immunity of the apostolic nuncio to France, Archbishop Luigi Ventura, clearing the way for the diplomat to...
Pope Francis names women members of consecrated life congregation Brian Schoonover July 8, 2019 Vatican News Vatican City, Jul 8, 2019 / 11:03 am (CNA).- Pope Francis Monday appointed 23 new members of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, among them six women religious...
Pope Francis: Migrants are people, not just a social issue Brian Schoonover July 8, 2019 Vatican News Vatican City, Jul 8, 2019 / 04:56 am (CNA).- Pope Francis called Monday for an end to the rhetoric which views migrants as something ‘other,’ saying they are human beings and among those Christ has...
