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Pope Leo XIV marks feast day as Vatican launches campaign to help erase its €50-60 million deficit

Pope Leo XIV marks feast day as Vatican launches campaign to help erase its €50-60 million deficit

Pope Leo XIV on Sunday celebrated a special feast day traditionally used by the Catholic Church to drum up donations from the faithful, with the Vatican under the first American pope rolling out a new campaign to urge ordinary Catholics to help...

Vatican unveils last restored Raphael Room after 10-year cleaning that yielded new discoveries

Vatican unveils last restored Raphael Room after 10-year cleaning that yielded new discoveries

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican Museums on Thursday unveiled the last and most important of the restored Raphael Rooms, the spectacularly frescoed reception rooms of the Apostolic Palace that in some ways rival the Sistine Chapel as the peak of high...

Pope Leo XIV marks feast day as Vatican launches campaign to help erase its $57 million-$68 million deficit

Pope Leo XIV marks feast day as Vatican launches campaign to help erase its $57 million-$68 million deficit

ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Sunday celebrated a special feast day traditionally used by the Catholic Church to drum up donations from the faithful, with the Vatican under the first American pope rolling out a new campaign to urge ordinary...

Vatican unveils last of restored Raphael Rooms after 10-year cleaning that yielded new...

Vatican unveils last of restored Raphael Rooms after 10-year cleaning that yielded new...

Vatican Museums officials recounted the discoveries on Thursday in inaugurating the hall, known as the Room of Constantine, after the last scaffolding came down. The reception room, which was painted by Raphael and his students starting in the...

Pope Leo XIV resumes tradition and arrives Castel Gandolfo for vacation to restore 'body and spirit'

Pope Leo XIV resumes tradition and arrives Castel Gandolfo for vacation to restore 'body and spirit'

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (AP) — Pope Leo XIV arrived in the papal summer retreat of Castel Gandolfo on Sunday to start a six-week vacation , giving the hilltop town back its most illustrious resident after Pope Francis stayed away during his 12-year...

Vatican unveils last of restored Raphael Rooms after decade-long restoration project

Vatican unveils last of restored Raphael Rooms after decade-long restoration project

Open this photo in gallery:Master Renaissance artist Raphael painted the reception rooms of the Apostolic Palace, with the largest of the four unveiled Thursday after cleaning and restoration.Alessandra Tarantino/The Associated Press The Vatican...

Vatican-backed report seeks financial reform to avert decades of lost development

Vatican-backed report seeks financial reform to avert decades of lost development

By Libby George LONDON(Reuters) -A commission launched by the late Pope Francis has outlined financial reforms it says could help to avert decades of lost development in poor countries that face onerous repayments as global public debts reach...

VATICAN - Pope Leo embraces Eastern Christians, struck by violence “with a diabolical intensity previously unknown”

VATICAN - Pope Leo embraces Eastern Christians, struck by violence “with a diabolical intensity previously unknown”

Thursday, 26 June 2025 abouna.org Vatican City – (Agenzia Fides) – Today, violent conflict seems to be raging in the Christian East "with a diabolical intensity previously unknown". And precisely in those lands, now covered “by a cloud of hatred...

Vatican unveils last of restored Raphael Rooms

Vatican unveils last of restored Raphael Rooms

The Vatican Museums on Thursday unveiled the last and most important of the restored Raphael Rooms, the spectacularly frescoed reception rooms of the Apostolic Palace that in some ways rival the Sistine Chapel as the peak of high Renaissance...

Monday Starter: Salesian Sisters leader appointed to Vatican dicastery

Monday Starter: Salesian Sisters leader appointed to Vatican dicastery

Pope Leo XIV has appointed Mother Chiara Cazzuola, superior general of the Institute of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians, as a member of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life. Expressing gratitude...

Vatican unveils last of restored Raphael Rooms after 10-year cleaning that yielded new discoveries

Vatican unveils last of restored Raphael Rooms after 10-year cleaning that yielded new discoveries

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican Museums on Thursday unveiled the last and most important of the restored Raphael Rooms, the spectacularly frescoed reception rooms of the Apostolic Palace that in some ways rival the Sistine Chapel as the peak of...

Pope resumes tradition of taking summer vacation — but he’s got plenty of homework

Pope resumes tradition of taking summer vacation — but he’s got plenty of homework

VATICAN CITY (AP) -- In his very first sermon as pontiff, Pope Leo XIV told the cardinals who elected him that anyone who exercises authority in the Catholic Church must "make oneself small," so that only Christ remains. In word and deed since,...

Fifty years of faith, forgiveness, and fearless advocacy

Fifty years of faith, forgiveness, and fearless advocacy

Cardinal Ranjith celebrated the golden jubilee of his Priestly Ordination on 29 June 2025 By Dinesh Weerakkody On 29 June 2025, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith celebrated 50 years in the priesthood—a significant milestone in a life dedicated to faith,...

British politician criticizes priest for refusing communion over assisted dying vote

British politician criticizes priest for refusing communion over assisted dying vote

CNA Newsroom, Jun 29, 2025 / 19:05 pm A British politician has publicly criticized his parish priest for refusing to give him Holy Communion after he voted in favor of the UK’s assisted dying bill. Liberal Democrat MP Chris Coghlan took to Social...

Vatican decision sparks big surge in Međugorje pilgrimages

Vatican decision sparks big surge in Međugorje pilgrimages

by croatiaweek June 26, 2025 in News Apparition Hill (Photo credit: Michał Maksymilian Gwozdek/Public domain license) ZAGREB, 25 June (Hina) – On the 44th anniversary of the reported apparitions of the Virgin Mary, the number of pilgrims gathering...

Pope Leo XIV arrives in Castel Gandolfo for summer vacation

Pope Leo XIV arrives in Castel Gandolfo for summer vacation

Rome Newsroom, Jul 6, 2025 / 13:45 pm Pope Leo XIV has been welcomed by wellwishers upon his arrival to his summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on Sunday. Crowds of people standing behind barriers greeted the Holy Father, taking photos and...

Pope Leo XIV resumes tradition and arrives Castel Gandolfo for vacation to restore 'body...

Pope Leo XIV resumes tradition and arrives Castel Gandolfo for vacation to restore 'body...

“I hope everyone can have some vacation time to restore the body and spirit,” Leo said before leaving the Vatican during his noontime prayer Sunday. The 69-year-old Chicago native is resuming the papal tradition of leaving the Vatican for the hot...

Pope Leo XIV marks feast day with appeal to help erase Vatican’s budget shortfall

Pope Leo XIV marks feast day with appeal to help erase Vatican’s budget shortfall

Pope Leo XIV on Sunday celebrated a special feast day traditionally used by the Catholic Church to drum up donations from the faithful, with the Vatican under the first American pope rolling out a new campaign to urge ordinary Catholics to help...

When Mozart proved himself a child prodigy at the Vatican

When Mozart proved himself a child prodigy at the Vatican

In 1770, young Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, aged 14, transcribed from memory Allegri's “Miserere,” a sacred work then jealously guarded by the Sistine Chapel choir. In 18th-century Rome, there was a liturgy that drew royalty to the Vatican: Holy Week....

Vatican report | Credit report focuses on bias against African nations

Vatican report | Credit report focuses on bias against African nations

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis may be dead, but a report he commissioned recommends the current global financial system be overhauled. In a nutshell it seeks to put people and the planet ahead of profit. READ: Pope Francis reflected a resurrection of...

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