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Faith

Mei Wen touches an area of the Holy Stairs where Jesus is believed to have fallen during restoration work at the Pontifical Sanctuary of the Holy Stairs in Rome.

Restoring stairway to Heaven

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VATICAN CITY - For the first time in 300 years, the marble steps of the Holy Stairs will be free from the thick wooden panels installed in 1723 to protect the stairs and left uncovered for the public.

Activists from the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, a coalition of nongovernmental organizations opposing lethal autonomous weapons, protest at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin March, 21, 2019.

Autonomous weapons systems threaten peace, says Vatican official

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VATICAN CITY - The growing use of autonomous weapons systems poses serious risks to global peace and stability, a Vatican representative told a U.N. meeting in Geneva.

Sister Maria Concetta Esu, an 85-year-old Daughter of St. Joseph, kisses the hand of Pope Francis after the pontiff awarded her the Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice Cross during his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican March 27, 2019.

Pope prefers to keep ring-kissing to minimum

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VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has made it more than obvious that he does not like people kissing his ring.

People stand in the rain as Pope Francis leads the Angelus from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square Nov. 4, 2018, at the Vatican.

Vatican commemorates 90th anniversary of peace pact between Italy, Holy See

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VATICAN – The historic signing of the Lateran Pacts between the Holy See and Italy 90 years ago is an important example of cooperation and peace that is needed in today's world, a Vatican official said.
The cardinals ending their service after five years as members are Australian Cardinal George Pell, 77; Cardinal Francisco Javier Errazuriz Ossa, 85, retired archbishop of Santiago, Chile; and Cardinal Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya of Kinshasa, Congo, 79.

Three Roman Curia advisers end service on Pope's Council of Cardinals

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VATICAN – Three members of Pope Francis' Council of Cardinals have officially ended their service as papal advisers on the reform of the Roman Curia.
The Christmas tree and “Sand Nativity” are seen after a tree-lighting ceremony in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Dec. 7.

Sand and tree add to Christmas spirit at the Vatican

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VATICAN – The annual unveiling of the Vatican’s Christmas tree and Nativity scene brought some much-needed warmth to people’s hearts as winter approached.

Pope Francis leads an audience with faculty and staff of the Jesuits' International College of the Gesu at the Vatican Dec. 3. The pope, a Jesuit, told his brethren that they have to be lambs when fighting the wolves.

Do not fall into 'spiritual worldliness', clericalism, Pope Francis tells Jesuits

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VATICAN – There is no growth without some form of crisis and no victory without a battle, Pope Francis told a group of Jesuits.
Cardinal Gerhard Muller, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, is seen at the Vatican in this 2016 file photo.

No one has right to demand a Pope's resignation, Cardinal Muller says

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VATICAN – People can disagree about problems and the best ways to resolve them, but no one should launch a formal accusation against a Pope much less ask for his resignation, German Cardinal Gerhard Muller said.
Archbishop Charles Scicluna of Malta attends a news conference to discuss the Synod of Bishops on young people, the faith and vocational discernment at the Vatican Oct. 8.

Archbishop Scicluna named adjunct secretary of CDF

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VATICAN – Pope Francis named Archbishop Charles Scicluna of Malta, arguably the Catholic Church's most respected abuse investigator, to be adjunct secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
Cardinal Raymond Burke was the keynote speaker at a conference for young people organized by Voice of the Family, a coalition of pro-life and pro-family groups. Cardinal Burke is pictured leaving a papal audience at the Vatican in this Dec. 22, 2016, file photo.

Cardinal Burke urges Catholic youth to not compromise with the world

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ROME – Cardinal Raymond Burke urged Catholic young people attending a conference to hold fast to the teachings of Jesus Christ and to resist temptations by a “profoundly secularized culture” to change the Church into “one more Protestant denomination.” 

French Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran announces "Habemus papam!" (We have a pope!) from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica in 2013 at the Vatican. Cardinal Tauran, 75, died July 5 in the United States.

The Church's office of camerlengo now vacant

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VATICAN – With the July 5 death of Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, the office of camerlengo is now vacant. A sensitive position, above all in the period between the death of a pope and the election of his successor, the Church awaits Pope Francis’ nomination of a new camerlengo.
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