News Vatican City State: Justice in the Church is ‘a constant search for truth in charity,’ Pope tells Vatican City State jurists
CWN Editor's Note: At the inauguration of the judicial year of the Tribunal of the Vatican City State, Pope Leo XIV reflected on the relation between justice and charity. Citing St. Augustine and St.
News Vatican City State: Justice should be rehabilitative, Cardinal Parolin preaches to Vatican City judges
CWN Editor's Note: At the Mass that preceded the inauguration of the judicial year of the Tribunal of the Vatican City State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin preached that as God’s justice aims at correcting ...
News Vatican City State: Cardinal Parolin at UN: ‘Restore trust’ through dialogue, justice and peace
Addressing the General Assembly in New York, the Vatican Secretary of State calls for an end to wars, respect for international law, responsible use ...
News Vatican City State: Vatican Official Says Vatican Finances Need More Scrutiny Despite Progress
Monsignor Anthony Ekpo, a Nigerian official at the Secretariat of State, spoke at a Rome conference on financial reform on Sept. 29.
News Vatican City State: Pope Francis’ former personal physician to head Vatican health service
Dr. Luigi Carbone (left), Matteo Bruni (center), and Prof. Sergio Alfieri (right) at a press conference about Pope Francis' health Dr. Luigi Carbone, an emergency medicine expert, has been promoted ...
News Vatican City State: Leo XIV Appoints Former Doctor of Pope Francis New Director of Health of the Vatican
(ZENIT News / Vatican City, 06.06.2025).- Pope Leo XIV appointed Luigi Carbone as the new Director of the Directorate of Sanitation and Hygiene of Vatican City State, Vatican City State’s governing ...
News Vatican City State: Pope celebrates 71st birthday, but Vatican employees get the gift
Pope Leo XIV celebrated his 71st birthday on Monday, but it was Vatican employees who received the gift. The Vatican published a papal decree repealing 2021 salary cuts that Pope Francis had imposed ...
News Vatican City State: Travel Series vol. 30 | Vatican City
—A journey to face Michelangelo's masterpieces in the world's smallest independent state—The only place where the entire country is a World Heritage site. Within a mere 0.44 square kilometers, the greatest art of humanity is concentrated, including the Sistine Chapel, St. Peter's Basilica, and t
News Vatican City State: Pope Francis Fills No. 2 Position at Governorate of Vatican City State
Pope Francis has named two secretaries-general to serve under Franciscan Sister Raffaella Petrini in the Governorate of the Vatican City State, giving the Vatican’s first woman president “the power to ...
News Vatican City State: Vatican City mints new coins featuring the face of Pope Leo XIV
A coin with Pope Leo XIV's portrait is seen in an image from the Governorate of Vatican City State. Credit: OSV News image/courtesy Governatorato SCV (OSV News) — Numismatists take note. The Vatican ...
News Vatican City State: Pope Leo XIV Consolidates Vatican City's Fundamental Law
Pope Leo XIV rewrites the 'Constitution' of the Vatican City State. With an act promulgated on July 31, on the liturgical memorial of St. Ignatius of Loyola, the Pontiff has approved a new...
News Vatican City State: Fiat Donates 30 Electric Vehicles to Vatican in Sustainability Push
The vehicles will support the daily work of governorate employees as Vatican City State moves toward its 2030 goal of a zero-emissions fleet.
News Vatican City State: Vatican, State Department stress solid ties after Rubio’s fence-mending visit over Trump attacks
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican raised the “need to work tirelessly in favor of peace” in talks Thursday with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who came to Rome on a fence-mending visit after President ...
News Vatican City State: Libero Milone Takes His Case to Vatican City’s Supreme Court
The former auditor general says his 2017 ouster was unjust and part of a wider effort to block financial reform inside the Vatican. Libero Milone, the Vatican’s ex-auditor general, stands before the ...
News Vatican City State: Pope tweaks a law allowing a woman to head the Vatican City State, months after a nun was appointed
Pope Francis shakes hands with Sister Raffaella Petrini, secretary general of the Vatican’s governorship, at the Vatican, on Dec. 23, 2021. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.) Listen ROME — Pope Leo ...
News Vatican City State: Vatican City: How the world's smallest state is governed
The Vatican, the smallest state in the world, possesses a unique and complex legal, administrative, and spiritual structure designed to guarantee the independence of the pope and allow the Church to ...
News Vatican City State: Pope: Christmas creche, tree are signs of hope
“The Nativity scene and the Christmas tree are signs of faith and hope,” he said to all those present. “Let the tenderness of the child Jesus illuminate our lives. Let God’s love, like the branches of ...
News Vatican City State: Vatican to unveil Nativity scene, light up Christmas tree in St. Peter’s Square on Dec. 15
The Governorate of Vatican City State has announced the origins of the fir tree and Nativity scene that will adorn St. Peter’s Square this Christmas.
