Vatican: News

28 May 2024

Pope Francis

Pope Francis allegedly used derogatory term for LGBT community: Reports

Pope Francis has reportedly used a derogatory term for the LGBT community during a private meeting with Italian bishops, as per Italian media reports.

Catholic group defrocks AI priest for providing unusual responses

Catholic Answers, a leading advocacy group, recently unveiled an AI priest named "Father Justin."

23 Feb 2024

Food

Delving into the fascinating origins of the pretzel

The soft pretzel, a famous snack found in various venues like movie theaters, airports, and coffee shops may have originated from Lent.

12 Jan 2024

Pope Francis

Pope Francis unable to complete speech, cites bronchitis

Pope Francis struggled to finish a speech on Friday due to a bout of bronchitis while addressing a group of French religious communications experts at the Vatican.

07 Apr 2023

Rome

Know about Gabriele Amorth, real-life exorcist who inspired horror flick

Renowned Italian Catholic priest and exorcist of the Diocese of Rome, Gabriele Amorth had performed thousands of exorcisms throughout his life.

30 Mar 2023

Travel And Tourism

Visiting Vatican City? Avoid these tourist mistakes

Vatican City is known for housing some of the most awe-inspiring works of art and architecture.

31 Dec 2022

Pope Francis

Former Pope Benedict XVI dies aged 95: Vatican

Former Pope Benedict XVI has died at the age of 95 at his Vatican residence nearly a decade after stepping down due to ill health, BBC reported citing Vatican officials.

27 Oct 2022

Pope Francis

Pope Francis warns against watching excess news, pornography

Pope Francis, head of the Catholic Church, has warned against watching excess news and pornography.

23 Sep 2022

Durga Puja

Kolkata: Durga Puja pandal based on 'Vatican City' theme inaugurated

Durga Puja preparations are in full swing in Kolkata, and with an early inauguration this year, Lake Town, Bidhannagar's Sree Bhumi Sporting Club is ready to awe devotees with their pandal designed like the Vatican City's St. Peter's Basilica.

29 Jan 2022

Lifestyle

5 things to do in Vatican City

Vatican City is the smallest country in the world and is surrounded by Rome.

30 Oct 2021

Narendra Modi

PM invites Pope Francis to India during meet in Vatican

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday met Pope Francis in Vatican City and invited him to visit India.

14 Jul 2021

Rome

Pope Francis discharged from hospital ten days after surgery

Pope Francis was seen leaving the hospital on Wednesday, ten days after undergoing planned surgery to remove half his colon.

18 Feb 2021

Italy

Pope celebrates pandemic-aware Ash Wednesday at Vatican

Pope Francis presided over a pandemic-aware Ash Wednesday service, with reduced participation of the faithful and a revised rite to reduce the chance of infection as the virus and its variants continue to spread through Italy.

11 Jan 2021

Pope Francis

Women can read at Mass, but can't be priests: Pope

Pope Francis has changed church law to explicitly allow women to do more things during Mass while reaffirming they cannot be priests.

01 Sep 2019

Pope Francis

Pope Francis rescued by firefighters after getting stuck in lift

The crowd gathered outside the Apostolic Palace for the Sunday Angelus cheered louder than usual as Pope Francis appeared at the window on Sunday.

13 Mar 2019

Australia

Cardinal George Pell gets 6-years in jail for child sex-abuse

Cardinal George Pell, the most senior Vatican official to be convicted of sex abuse to date, has been sentenced to six years in prison by an Australian court for the "callous" assault of two choirboys in the late 1990s.

26 Feb 2019

Australia

Top Vatican cleric Cardinal George Pell convicted of child sex-crimes

Australia's senior-most Catholic cleric Cardinal George Pell has been found guilty of five counts of child sexual-assault and is set to be jailed.

24 Feb 2019

Pope Francis

Church files on pedophile priests destroyed, top Catholic cardinal admits

A top Catholic cardinal admitted yesterday that Church files on priests accused of sexually abusing children were destroyed in a move which allowed pedophiles to prey on others.

28 Jul 2018

Kerala

#MeToo hits Vatican: Nuns speak against priests who sexually-abused them

For decades, the Catholic Church turned a blind eye to abuse meted to nuns, but it seems to be changing.

17 Jun 2018

Ireland

Pope Francis compares abortion to the Nazis' 'purity' obsession

Speaking off-the-cuff at a meeting, Pope Francis on Saturday likened abortions to the Nazi obsession with "pure race," and said children should be accepted as they are since they are God's gift.

25 Jul 2017

Italy

Pope Francis shuts Vatican's famed fountains due to drought

A prolonged drought in several parts of Italy has prompted the Vatican to shut off its famous fountains.

24 May 2017

Donald Trump

Trump says meeting Pope Francis was "an honor"

US President Donald Trump met Pope Francis during his visit to the Vatican.

23 Nov 2016

Pope Francis

'Sindr', the Vatican's new confession finder app

In an attempt to engage with the "mobile generation", Archbishop Leo Cushley from the Archdiocese of St. Andrews and Edinburgh, announced "The Catholic App" outside St. Peter's Basilica yesterday.