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Pope Francis returned to the Casa Santa Marta in the Vatican on Sunday, March 23

28/03/2025

Pope’s health improving gradually as he recovers at Casa Santa Marta

File photo of Pope Francis confessing the faithful during the WYD in Lisbon in 2023

27/03/2025

Pope encourages confessors to be ministers of mercy

The statue of Pope St John Paul II in front of Rome's Gemelli Hospital where Pope Francis was treated for pneumonia

27/03/2025

Pope Francis’ 38 days of leadership from hospital

27/03/2025

Cardinal Parolin urges EU bishops to foster peace, dialogue, unity

A South Korean man examines the burnt remains of houses in Andong

28/03/2025

Archbishop of Seoul mobilizes relief efforts as wildfires devastate South Korea

Palestinian children inspect the rubble at the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza

27/03/2025

Fr. Faltas: Children in Gaza deserve ‘precious gift of peace’

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Angelus prayer and Holy Rosary

From the Holy House in Loreto, recitation of the Angelus prayer and Rosary

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28/03/2025

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Pope Francis in empty St. Peter's Square praying for an end to the Covid-19 Pandemic on March 27, 2020

27/03/2025

An empty St. Peter's Square and the pastor in tune with the world

Our Editorial Director, Andrea Tornielli, reflects on the fifth anniversary of Pope Francis' historic 'Statio Orbis' prayer, which he held on March 27, 2020, at the height of the ...

The Colosseum to once again host the Stations of the Cross on Good Friday

27/03/2025

Vatican announces liturgies for Holy Week and Divine Mercy Sunday

One of the photos from the 'Open Doors' exhibition

27/03/2025

‘Open Doors’ photo exhibition unveiled in the Vatican

As part of the ongoing Jubilee of Hope, 25 photographs on the subject of ‘Open Doors’ – shot in Bangladesh and Benin, Morocco and the Vatican – go on display at the Casina Pio IV in the Vatican ...

The Superior General of the Vincentians visiting Ukraine (March 2025)

27/03/2025

'Under the drones and bombs, I found heroes in Ukraine'

The Superior General of the Vincentians, Father Tomaž Mavrič, speaks to Vatican News about his visit this month to the order's religious communities across the country and how they unceasingly ...

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.