• Jesuit priest Fr. Melwin J. Pinto, SJ, who served Vatican Radio for many years, passed away at the age of 63 due to cardiac complications in Mangaluru, India, on April 10th. Read all  
  • Archbishop Amel Nona has been elected as the new Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church on Sunday, April 12, following the resignation of his predecessor, Cardinal Luis Raphaël Sako, announced on March 10. The new leader has chosen the name Paul III and will request ecclesiastical communion from the Pope. Read all  
  • US and Iranian delegations have failed to reach a deal following lengthy peace talks in Islamabad. Read all  
  • The philosopher and Augustine scholar James K. A. Smith speaks to Vatican News about St Augustine’s “deep sense of interiority and subjectivity”, and the way his political writings are used and abused today. Read all  
  • Pope Leo XIV will travel to Cameroon from 15 to 18 April as a “messenger of peace” for the faithful. For decades humanitarian organizations like Catholic Relief Services have helped turn bring that message to life. Read all  
  • Following the recitation of the Regina Caeli, Pope Leo recalls the three years since the beginning of the conflict in Sudan, renewing his appeal to stop “this fratricidal war as soon as possible.” He then offers wishes of peace to the Eastern Churches that celebrate Easter according to the Julian calendar and urges people not […]