Vatican News

As the Latin-rite Catholic Church marks Divine Mercy Sunday, Pope Francis sends his well-wishes and blessings to those Eastern Catholic rites and Orthodox Churches celebrating Easter. By Devin Watkins Pope Francis prayed the…

Pope Francis celebrates Mass on Divine Mercy Sunday, inviting us to accept Jesus’s mercy as the Apostle Thomas did, and to show that mercy to those around us. By Sr Bernadette M. Reis, fsp “Last Sunday we celebrated the Lord’s…

A reflection written by Pope Francis appeared on Friday on the website of Vida Nueva. In it he applies Jesus’s resurrection to the current crisis. By Sr Bernadette Mary Reis, fsp “Rejoice” is the first word spoken by the Risen…

This year, the feast of Divine Mercy, which is celebrated on the Sunday after Easter, turns 20. Pope Francis will mark it on Sunday with a Holy Mass at the Church of the Holy Spirit in Sassia, the centre of the devotion to Divine Mercy in…

During his daily Mass in the Casa Santa Marta, Pope Francis prays for pregnant women, and warns about the danger of a “virtual” faith in the time of coronavirus. By Francesca Merlo Pope Francis opened Mass on Friday morning by…

The Holy Father has named Father Kevin J Sweeney, of the Diocese of Brooklyn, as the new Bishop for the Diocese of Paterson, New Jersey. By Vatican News The Holy See announced on Wednesday that Father Kevin J Sweeney, a priest of…

Pope Francis dedicates his catechesis during his Wednesday General Audience to the seventh beatitude, “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God”. By Lydia O'Kane True inner tranquility flows from “the…