Serbian police say they have detained a 14-year boy who was allegedly involved in killing at least eight students and an adult at a primary school in Belgrade. The shooting in Serbia’s capital shocked the Balkan nation, where a national mourning period has been declared. Read all
Pope Francis addresses the faithful gathered in St Peter’s Square. In the wake of his recent apostolic visit to Hungary he recalls two important aspects of the lives of Hungarian people and their nation: roots and bridges. Read all
Metropolitan Anthony Volokolamsk, the chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, was present in St Peter’s Square on Wednesday for the Pope’s General Audience. Read all
On her 92nd birthday, Pope Francis sends birthday wishes to the Holocaust survivor and writer Edith Bruck, saying that her work “tells young people about the importance of fighting for an ideal.” Read all
The World Food Programme says its resuming operations in the country after the crisis there threatens to push millions more people into hunger. Read all
Moscow has rejected a US assessment of Russian military casualties in Ukraine but declined to give its estimates. However, the United States said Monday that Russia’s military had sustained 100,000 casualties in the past five months, including tens of thousands of dead. Many soldiers have been killed and injured in the battle for Bakhmut, which […]
Pope Francis sends a message on the occasion of the first meeting of the scientific committee of the MAC (Audiovisual Memories of Catholicism) Foundation. Read all
In his intention for May, 2023, Pope Francis prays that ecclesial movements and groups might daily rediscover their evangelizing mission. Read all
Pope Francis appoints Monsignor Alessandro Recchia as Defender of the bond and Promoter of Justice and Professor of Canon Law, Fr. Ernest Bonaventure Ogbonnia Okonkwo, at the Vatican’s Ecclesiastical Tribunal. Read all
Authorities say dozens of people have been injured in a series of Russian missile strikes at Ukrainian cities. The most devastating attacks hit the eastern Ukrainian town of Pavlohrad, wounding 34 people, including five children. Two women were said to be in intensive care. Read all