Tag: the Vatican

Supporters of the traditional Latin Mass say they're cautiously hopeful after signs the Vatican may ease restrictions.

Pope Leo XIV approved expanded benefits for Vatican employees with children, formalizing the five-day paternity leave granted by Pope Francis in January and raising the age of children covered by the Vatican's family allowance.

Fr Ben Saliba, master of ceremonies for Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP, was stunned when his boss invited him to accompany him to the Vatican to meet Pope Leo XVI during the recent Jubilee of Youth.

The Vatican postal service began selling its first Pope Leo XIV stamps 27 May and offered a special cancellation of the postage featuring a line drawing of the new pope waving to the crowds in St Peter's Square.

Pope Francis died 21 April after suffering a stroke and heart attack, said the director of Vatican City State's department of health services.

Centuries of experience dealing with the death, or occasional resignation, of a pope has left the Catholic Church with thorough instructions detailing who has responsibility for planning the funeral, preparing for the election of a new pope and taking care of essential business in the meantime.

The British monarchs plan to visit the Vatican in early April, in what will be their first trip as monarchs to the smallest country in the world.

God tells Christians not to be afraid because he is always close, accompanying the faithful throughout their lives and through all their challenges, Pope Francis said.

The Vatican's top diplomat met with papal representatives to various Middle Eastern countries to discuss possible avenues toward peace in the region and the state of the Catholic Church there.

George Weigel writes on how the US ambassador to the Holy See represents one sovereign actor, the United States, to another, addressing global diplomacy and mutual concerns.

In the annals of historical boorishness, it would be hard to find something more egregious than the Holy See’s timing as it renewed its 2018 agreement with the People’s Republic of China, writes George Weigel.

Cardinal Raniero Cantalamessa has been the official preacher of the Vatican for almost 45 years. Now the cardinal is 90 years old and the pope has already appointed his successor.