Tag: Vatican

• Friday, January 1st 2021 - 21:03 UTC

  Pope Francis calls for peace and burden sharing in his message from the Vatican library

  

  Pope Francis reappeared on Friday after chronic sciatic pain forced him to miss the Church's New Year services, and made no mention of his ailment as he delivered his traditional appeal for world peace.

• Wednesday, December 30th 2020 - 08:00 UTC

  Ireland's most liberal Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Dublin, retires

  

  Ireland's most liberal Roman Catholic prelate, the Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin, is to step aside having reached the normal retirement age for bishops of 75, the Vatican said on Tuesday.

• Monday, November 30th 2020 - 09:12 UTC

  Francis names 13 new cardinals, including the first Afro-American

  

  Pope Francis on Saturday installed 13 new cardinals, including the first African-American to hold the high rank, further expanding the pontiff’s impact on the group that will one day elect his successor.

• Friday, November 13th 2020 - 08:29 UTC

  Pope Francis spoke with Biden and offers blessings to the president elect

  

  Pope Francis spoke with Joe Biden by telephone on Thursday to offer “blessings and congratulations” to the US president-elect on his victory, the Democrat's transition team said in a statement.

• Wednesday, October 21st 2020 - 09:03 UTC

  Multi-faiths event sees Pope Francis wear a face mask for the first time at a public function

  

  Pope Francis wore a mask for the first time at a public function on Tuesday when he and other religious leaders attended a prayer service for peace around the world. The pope wore a white mask during the service at the Rome Basilica of Santa Maria in Aracoeli. Previously he wore masks only in a car taking him to his weekly audiences in the Vatican.

• Thursday, October 15th 2020 - 08:38 UTC

  Rape and sexual abuse of altar boys who serve Mass in St Peter's Basilica

  

  A Vatican court heard graphic descriptions of sexual abuse on Wednesday as two priests went on trial, one charged with repeatedly raping an altar boy in a youth seminary and the other of covering up the attacks.

• Monday, October 12th 2020 - 08:13 UTC

  Mexico asking the Vatican for codices from Aztec times for the 500th anniversary of Spanish conquest

  

  The Mexican government has formally asked Pope Francis for the temporary return of several ancient indigenous manuscripts held in the Vatican library ahead of next year's 500-year anniversary of the Spanish conquest of Mexico.

• Friday, October 9th 2020 - 08:20 UTC

  Francis denounces global financial speculation amid spiraling corruption at the heart of the Holy See

  Pope Francis told European anti-money laundering experts that the Vatican was committed to “clean finance,” as he denounced financial speculation amid a spiraling corruption investigation in the heart of the Holy See.

• Monday, July 13th 2020 - 09:00 UTC

  World condemnation of Turkey's decision to convert Hagia Sophia into a mosque

  

  Pope Francis on Sunday joined an international chorus of condemnation of Turkey's decision to convert Istanbul's iconic Hagia Sophia landmark back into a mosque.

• Thursday, June 18th 2020 - 20:10 UTC

  Vatican urges Catholics to disinvest from fossil fuel industries

  

  The Vatican urged Catholics on Thursday to disinvest from the armaments and fossil fuel industries and to closely monitor companies in sectors such as mining to check if they are damaging the environment.