Vatican
Participants at Vatican synod divided on how to respond to war in the Holy Land
By Claire Giangravé — October 18, 2023
(RNS) — Those assembled for the discussions about the future of the Catholic Church have debated their responsibility to speak as a body about the crisis in the Mideast, but participants from Ukraine and Africa asked that conflicts in other countries also be addressed.
Covering synods for the media is not easy
By Thomas Reese — October 16, 2023
(RNS) — Pope Francis does not like the Western press, which he thinks focuses on hot-button issues.
Synod on Synodality finds its voice after Pope Francis enforces silence
By Claire Giangravé — October 11, 2023
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pope Francis said ‘the church is taking a break’ to turn its gaze inward.
Catholic leaders voice sorrow, dismay after violent outbreak in Holy Land
By Claire Giangravé — October 9, 2023
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pope Francis, calling war 'always a defeat,' made an appeal for peace in Israel and Palestine.
In sequel to ‘green’ encyclical, pope urges rich to do their part to combat climate change
By Claire Giangravé — October 4, 2023
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pope Francis blasted the wealthy few who exploit the environment to the detriment of the poor people in society.
The Vatican’s ‘Synod on Synodality’ is about to begin. Here’s what to know.
By Claire Giangravé — September 27, 2023
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — The unprecedented gathering of 464 Catholic clergy and laypeople, including women, begins Oct. 4 at the Vatican.
The secret synod
By Phyllis Zagano — September 27, 2023
(RNS) — Too many U.S. Catholics don’t know about the global discussion of the church’s future.
Vatican presses world leaders at UN to work on rules for lethal autonomous weapons
By Jennifer Peltz — September 27, 2023
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — AI is a growing interest for the U.N., as for national governments, multinational groups, tech companies and others.
Pope Francis has stacked the next conclave — but will it matter?
By Claire Giangravé and Jack Jenkins — September 25, 2023
(RNS) — In Pope Francis' new global church, the Vatican pastime of predicting the next pope gets increasingly trickier.
Pope decries indifference toward migrants, as he prays for the dead in the French port of Marseille
By Sylvie Corbet and Nicole Winfield — September 22, 2023
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis' two-day visit to Marseille is aimed at sending a message well beyond the Catholic faithful to Europe, North Africa and beyond.
The new Americanism heresy
By Mark Silk — September 20, 2023
(RNS) — Once again, American bishops are at odds with the Vatican.
Vatican considers child sexual abuse allegations against a former Australian bishop
By Rod Mcguirk — September 19, 2023
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The church investigation into Christopher Saunders began last year after the police investigation ended, said Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe, president of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference
Catholics in Ukraine struggle as Pope Francis’ approval rating is at an all-time low
By Claire Giangravé — September 14, 2023
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pope Francis and Ukraine have a different vision for peace in the region.
Reports of forced retirement prompt defiance from embattled Bishop Strickland
By Jack Jenkins — September 12, 2023
(RNS) — In an email, the East Texas bishop told RNS that he ‘cannot voluntarily abandon the flock that I have been given charge of as a successor of the apostles.’
The Vatican beatifies a Polish family of 9 killed by the Nazis for sheltering Jews
By Monika Scislowska — September 11, 2023
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — During a ceremonious Mass in the village of Markowa, in southeastern Poland, papal envoy Cardinal Marcello Semeraro read out the Latin formula of the beatification of the Ulma family signed last month by Pope Francis.
