Europe Vatican City In an address at the 10th UN Review Conference of the Parties of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons the Vatican’s Head of Delegation underlined the Holy See’s position, stating that atomic energy must only be used for peaceful purposes
Europe Vatican City Pope Francis will attend a meeting of religious leaders in Kazakhstan in September where he hopes to meet the Russian Orthodox Patriarch with the idea of talking for peace in Ukraine
Europe Vatican City A call for all migrant workers to have rights as workers, regardless of their immigration status, comes in the last bulletin of the Migrants and Refugees section of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
Europe Vatican City Pope Francis appointed three women to the Dicastery for Bishops, the first time women have been appointed to the Dicastery responsible for identifying future bishops globally
Europe Vatican City The Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See announces that the Holy See sells a property in 60 Sloane Avenue in London, UK
Europe Vatican City The 10th World Meeting of Families closes today: 7 catechesis and 7 short films telling stories of pain, rebirth and faith, promoted by the Diocese of Rome and the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life, have prepared the event
Europe Vatican City For the tenth consecutive year, the Institute for Works of Religion has published its Annual Report containing the 2021 balance sheet, closed with a 18,1 million net profit
Europe Vatican City Praedicate evangelium, the Apostolic Constitution reforming the Roman Curia, published on 19 March, will take effect today, realizing a chief goal of Pope Francis’ pontificate
Europe Vatican City To mark 30 years of diplomatic relations between the Holy See and Mongolia and 30 years of the Catholic Church’s presence in the country, the Buddhist delegation from Mongolia engaged in an intense schedule of meetings in the Vatican last week
Europe Vatican City 36 young men from Switzerland sworn their oaths as Pontifical Swiss Guards and embraced the mission of the world’s oldest military unit: to protect the Pope and Vatican City State as well maintain peace
Europe Vatican City Monsignor Powers, recently named rector of Pontifical North-American College, said that in these complex times seminarians and priests must be well trained, live exemplary lives and be ready to answer very complex questions
Europe Vatican City Pope Francis recognised a miracle attributed to an Italian layman, the martyrdom of two Italian priests who died during WWII and the heroic virtues of seven new Venerables, including two missionary bishops and three lay women