Vatican City 

One year since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Vatican's Secretary for Relations with States and International Organizations, Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, says the Holy See is continuing to strive for peace, following the lead of Pope Francis

Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life hosted an international conference on 'Pastors and lay faithful called to go forward together' to explore how to encourage 'positive collaboration' between clergy and laity for a more synodal Church

The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, in South Sudan with Pope Francis on a 'peace pilgrimage', have called directly on leaders to seek peace

An international conference on women's contribution to interreligious dialogue, entitled 'Women Build a Culture of Interreligious Encounter', is being held in Rome this week

Twenty students attended their first day of classes on Monday at the Fabric of Saint Peter as part of the new "School of Arts and Crafts" launched by the Vatican to offer technical training to future stonemasons, carpenters and marble craftsmen

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, a leading theologian of the 20th century and the first pope to resign from office in nearly 600 years, has died yesterday at the age of 95

Fides News Agency released its annual list of Catholic missionaries who were killed bearing witness to their faith in 2022: eighteen missionaries lost their lives violently across the world this year, 9 in Africa, 8 in the Americas, 1 in Asia

Welcoming newly-appointed Ambassadors to the Holy See, Pope Francis reminded them of their responsibility as peacekeepers, invited them to find “fresh and creative ways of promoting solidarity and social friendship”, assured the cooperation of the Church

Pope Francis has issued a decree appointing Pier Francesco Pinelli as temporary administrator of Caritas Internationalis, a move deemed necessary to review rules and procedures of Caritas and to make preparations for the election of the president

Pope Francis spoke about the responsibility of those involved in communication - which should be inclusive and truthful - encouraging them to seek the truth, fight hate speech, give voice to those who have no voice, refrain from spreading personal opinion