Holy See Archives

Good Friday focuses attention on plight of Christians in Middle East

Mar 31, 2021

When Michael La Civita of the Catholic Near East Welfare Association considers how the agency prioritizes where to send aid, he says the best way to describe it is like a “triage,” given the crises so many countries face.

By John Lavenburg

In ‘State of the World’ speech, Pope talks Covid, Myanmar, 9/11

Feb 8, 2021

Pope Francis said Monday that the COVID-19 pandemic shows there are parts of the world that are “seriously ill,” not as a result of the virus but in its natural environment, its economic and political processes, and even more so in in its human relationships.

By Inés San Martín

Pope formally strips Vatican secretariat of state of assets

Dec 28, 2020

Pope Francis has formally stripped the Vatican secretariat of state of its financial assets and real estate holdings following its bungled management of hundreds of millions of euros in donations and investments that are now the subject of a corruption investigation.

By Nicole Winfield

Alleging sex abuse, 4 sue Vatican over handling of McCarrick

Nov 20, 2020

Four accusers of former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick have filed a lawsuit against the Vatican, arguing it should be held liable for allowing the now-disgraced cleric to serve in multiple positions in New York and New Jersey when it knew of numerous allegations of sexual abuse against him.

By David Porter

Vatican City promotes summer camp for employees’ families

May 29, 2020

After months of quarantine due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Vatican will open its gardens and several buildings to the children of its lay employees for summer camps in July.

By Junno Arocho Esteves

NY Cardinal says Vatican-Israel ties have made ‘world a better place’

Jun 21, 2019

Catholic and Jewish leaders marked the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the Vatican’s diplomatic relations with Israel.

By Christopher White

Gathering of papal ambassadors a sign of Vatican’s diplomatic touch

Jun 12, 2019

For the third time since the beginning of Pope Francis’s pontificate, papal representatives stationed around the world will convene in Rome.

By Inés San Martín

Victims of clergy abuse sue Vatican, seek names of abusers

May 14, 2019

Five men who say they were sexually abused by Catholic priests when they were minors are planning to sue the Vatican and are demanding the names of thousands of predator priests they claim have been kept secret by the Holy See.

By Amy Forliti and Michael Rezendes