Vatican News

01/08/2025

Less than 24 hours left until Tor Vergata is flooded with young people from all walks of life who are coming together for the Prayer Vigil of the Jubilee of Youth to take up Pope Leo's call to "be witnesses of the peace and reconciliation of Jesus Christ, the light that we are all seeking for today’s world."

01/08/2025

Over 250 Catholic bishops representing various episcopal conferences across Africa are attending the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar Plenary Assembly.

SECAM, the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar, officially opens its 20th Plenary Assembly in Kigali, Rwanda. The event brings ...

01/08/2025

In preparation for tomorrow evening’s Prayer Vigil with Pope Leo XIV, and with the goal of making the sacrament of reconciliation accessible to as many young people as possible, the 85,000 square meters of the ancient Roman circus are filled with over 1,000 priests available to hear confessions in ten different languages.

01/08/2025

A group of young Austrians express their joy at being able to be in Rome for the Jubilee to experience the unity of the global Church with hundreds of thousands of other young pilgrims.

Young Austrians participating in the Jubilee of Young People express their joy of being together to look toward Jesus, when often one stands alone in ...

01/08/2025

One million young pilgrims from 146 countries around the world have arrived in Rome to celebrate their Jubilee. Three key locations will stand out during the days leading up to 3 August.

Rome welcomes one million young people to celebrate their Jubilee event in three key locations: St. Peter’s Basilica, the Circus Maximus, and the ...

01/08/2025

Brother George Jallouf, a Franciscan of the Custody of the Holy Land, travelled to Rome with a group of young people from Syria and described their experience, saying “we are realizing a dream that many in Syria still cannot live.”

Arriving in Rome with some young people—refugees in Europe with their families due to the civil war that broke out in 2011—the Franciscan friar of the ...

01/08/2025

The Circus Maximus in Rome has been converted into an open-air confessional as a sea of large white tents cover the field. 200 priests will take two-hour shifts throughout the day to offer the thousands of pilgrims an opportunity to take advantage of this penitential day as part of the Jubilee of Youth.

01/08/2025

Gospel of Day (Matthew 13,54-58)

Jesus came to his native place and taught the people in their synagogue. They were astonished and said, "Where did this man get such wisdom and mighty deeds? Is he not the carpenter's son? Is not his mother named Mary and his brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas? Are not his sisters all with us? Where did this man get all this?"

And they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his native place and in his own house." And he did not work many mighty deeds there because of their lack of faith.

https://www.vaticannews.va/en/word-of-the-day/2025/08/01.html

31/07/2025

The Holy See and the Republic of Italy signed an agreement on Thursday for the construction of an agrivoltaic plant in Santa Maria di Galeria, an area belonging to the Holy See located near Rome.

The Holy See and the Italian Republic have signed an agreement to build an agrivoltaic plant in the Vatican’s Santa Maria di Galeria area just outside ...

31/07/2025

A new director of the Vatican Observatory has been appointed: Fr Richard Anthony D’Souza, S.J., who has a doctorate in astronomy and who has been a staff member at the Observatory since 2016.

Pope Leo XIV appoints Fr Richard Anthony D’Souza, S.J., as Director of the Vatican Observatory. The astronomist succeeds Br Guy Consolmagno, S.J, ...

31/07/2025

St. John Herny Newman is now on his way to being declared a Doctor of the Church as Pope Leo confirms the decision in a meeting with the Prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints this morning.

Pope Leo paves the way for St John Henry Newman to be formally declared a “Doctor of the Church”.

31/07/2025

Just a few kilometers from Rome, communities from around the world can now discover a place where spirituality meets the commitment to a sustainable future.

Borgo Laudato si’, this new hub dedicated to integral ecology and the encounter between spirituality, beauty, and sustainability, is located within the breathtaking Gardens of the Pontifical Villas in Castel Gandolfo, the historic summer residence of the Popes.

stands as a tangible sign of education in integral ecology, environmental sustainability, and circular economy — an invitation to unite faith and responsibility for our Common Home.

On the occasion of the publication of the new liturgy for the care of Creation, Pope Leo celebrated the first Mass for Creation here, symbolically marking the beginning of a new era of openness, welcome, and ecological awareness.

Watch the promotional video of Borgo Laudato si’:
https://youtu.be/1_5K2E1Ckw0?feature=shared