Vatican News

The conference promoted by the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development and other organizations is slated for 9 December. The event will gather experts to contribute to the global dialogue on new technologies in a post-Covid society in view of a better, more communal economic system.

Pope Francis meets young people from various parts of Greece on Monday morning in Athens, ahead of his departure for Rome, urging them to be truly social by engaging in real encounters with those around them as an experience of God's love.

Pope Francis shared advice for engaged and married couples based on the example provided by the Holy Family.

Pope Francis reminds us: being a family is always “primarily an opportunity.”

Pope Francis releases his prayer intention for the month of December, inviting everyone to pray for catechists, “summoned to announce the Word of God,” that they might “be its witnesses, with courage and creativity, and in the power of the Holy Spirit, with joy and much peace.”

At the Angelus on the First Sunday of Advent, Pope Francis calls on us to "be vigilant" and to persevere in prayer, which "reawakens the soul from sleep" and helps us focus on what is most important in life.

‘Today, a revolution is underway,’ the pope told the Pontifical Council for Culture.

Pope Francis met young adults and teens participating in a songwriting contest based on the theme of Christmas.

Pope Francis addresses participants in an international conference that discusses the need to eradicate child labour, and calls for coordinated initiatives and joint efforts at all levels to fight the scourge.

Pope Francis urges participants in an online meeting of Justice and Peace Commissions of various national Bishops’ Conferences to help society correct the contradictions in the economic and political systems revealed by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Pope Francis has said that refugees forced to flee their homes often end up in a “desert of humanity.”

Pope Francis reflects on the transient nature of material goods and physical appearances and invites the faithful to base their lives on the Word of God.

Pope Francis told Vatican journalists on Saturday to remember that the Catholic Church is not a political organization or a multinational company, but that “the Church exists to bring the word of Jesus to the world and to make possible today an encounter with the living Jesus.”

Pope Francis said on Friday that “the Gospel is the most humanizing message known to history.” He made the remark in a video message marking the 75th anniversary of UNESCO, the United Nations’ educational, scientific and cultural organization.

At the Vatican on Thursday, Pope Francis receives participants in a conference promoted by the ‘Migrantes Foundation,’ the pastoral arm of the Italian bishops’ conference (CEI) for people on the move.

The idea comes from the Ramón Pané Foundation: a competition for groups from any country in the world who wish to present a choreography inspired by the song "Jesus says to me: 'Get up!'", a song that will animate the diocesan World Youth Day on 21 November. Registration expires on Sunday 14 November and the winners will be awarded free participation at the Lisbon 2023 events.

On Saturday morning, Pope Francis met with members of the Retrouvaille association, a worldwide group that helps married couples in crisis find ways to address the root problems in their relationships and move towards healing and renewal. The Pope expressed his gratitude for their commitment and encouraged them to persevere in this important outreach.

Pope Francis celebrates Holy Mass at Rome’s Gemelli University Hospital, thanking the staff for the care he himself has received there, and reflecting on how devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus can help care workers be guided in their mission to heal and comfort the sick.

Pope Francis' speech is delivered by Cardinal Pietro Parolin in Glasgow, where he stresses the need for action from all to save the planet and those suffering the most from the climate emergency.

Pope Francis releases his prayer intention for the month of November, and invites everyone to pray for and be near those who suffer from exhaustion, burn-out, and depression.