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2025.03.23 Saluto e Benedizione di Papa Francesco dal Policlinico Gemelli

23/03/2025

Pope Francis makes first public greeting and blessing from hospital

23/03/2025

Welcome home Holy Father!

Palestinians mourn during the funeral of loved ones killed in Israeli strikes in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on 23 March

23/03/2025

Pope Francis calls for an end to 'heavy bombing in Gaza'

Pope Francis' doctors and Press Office Director brief journalists at the Gemelli Hospital

22/03/2025

Pope Francis to be discharged from hospital on Sunday

A tomb in a Ukrainian cemetery - Credit Danielle Vella

22/03/2025

Ukraine: Pain, loss, faith, hope and resilience

22/03/2025

Pope expresses 'great joy' over prayers of support

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24-03-2025 11:15

Press Conference

From the Holy See Press Office, Press Conference to present the “Vatican Longevity Summit: challenging the passing of...

Press Office

23/03/2025

Daily Bulletin 23/03/2025

22/03/2025

Lord's Day Reflection: 'Lessons from the fig tree'

As the Church marks the Third Sunday in Lent, Fr Luke Gregory, OFM, offers his thoughts on the day's liturgical readings, reflecting on the theme, "The Call to Repentance: Lessons ...

Sunset in Moorea, Tahiti, French Polynesia

21/03/2025

Jubilee in French Polynesia: Hope in the Church’s vastest territory

21/03/2025

Safeguarding expert Fr Zollner: AI offers risks and opportunities for child safety

Fr Hans Zollner, one of the Church's leading safeguarding experts, tells Vatican News that the Church can play an important role in pointing out the risks of artificial intelligence when those in ...

Internally displaced Congolese families take refuge in schools in Sake, Nortt Kivu, DRC

21/03/2025

Churches continue efforts to restore peace in war-torn DRC

As diplomatic efforts are underway to broker a ceasefire in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo amid ongoing fighting and territorial advances of the M23 rebels, Congolese Churches continue to hold ...

Films for a Jubilee of Hope

The Dicastery for Evangelization's "Jubilee is Culture" wide-ranging film programme, reviewed by Fr. Greg Apparcel CSP, highlights humanity's yearning for God.