Vatican News – English

• Aid trucks reach Gaza amid intensified Israeli strikes on West Bank
  Aid trucks continue to deliver supplies to Gaza on the third day of the ceasefire as Israel launches sustained attacks in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin. Read all  
• The lambs of St Agnes: An ancient tradition of the Roman Church
  Keeping with an ancient tradition, two lambs are blessed on the feast of Saint Agnes at the basilica bearing her name on Via Nomentana in Rome – the traditional site of her burial. The wool from these lambs will be woven into palliums for new archbishops, continuing a sacred tradition deeply rooted in history. Read […]
• Cardinal Sako: 'Working together is a sign of the unity Churches already share'
  In a message for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, the head of Iraq’s Chaldean Catholic Church highlights the unity already existing among Christians and calls for closer collaboration, including on peace, justice and human rights issues. Read all  
• Christian Unity week: Believers 'brought together by faith in the triune God'
  Vatican News speaks to two students at Geneva’s Bossey Ecumenical Institute about their week-long visit to Rome for the annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. Read all  
• South Africa: The Jubilee Year will bring Catholics closer to Christ, says Archbishop Buti
  Archbishop Emeritus and Apostolic Administrator of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Johannesburg, Buti Joseph Tlhagale OMI, has said the 2025 Jubilee Year is an occasion "for all Catholics to renew their faith." Read all  
• Pope to celebrate Mass on Sunday of Word of God
  Pope Francis is set to preside at Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on January 26 to celebrate the 6th Sunday of the Word of God. Read all  
• Armed conflict in Colombia: “Killing each other is not the way”
  The Bishop of the Diocese of Tibú calls on the armed groups generating violence in El Catatumbo, Colombia, to “come to their senses.” Read all  
• Pope to Vincentians: Your founder's vision of service brings renewal to the Church
  To celebrate 400 years since the founding of the Congregation of the Mission of St Vincent De Paul, Pope Francis sends a letter to the Superior General, stressing the founder's example of service to the poor. Read all  
• Patriarch Pizzaballa urges Christians to make pilgrimages to Holy Land
  Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, invites Christians to return to the Holy Land on pilgrimage, saying their presence makes residents feel part of the universal Church. Read all  
• Pope Francis praises Il Regno’s “authoritative voice” in Italian Church
  Pope Francis sends a congratulary letter to the Italian Catholic magazine “Il Regno,” praising its ongoing commitment to fostering Church renewal in the spirit of the Second Vatican Council. Read all