Pope to inaugurate Borgo Laudato Si' during Season of Creation

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Two months after celebrating a new Mass "for the care of creation," Pope Leo XIV will return to Castel Gandolfo to formally inaugurate Borgo Laudato Si', a place of education, ecology and spirituality in the papal summer...

Vatican Extends Condolences to Ghana After Helicopter Tragedy

Pope Leo XIV has expressed profound sorrow following Wednesday’s military helicopter crash in Ghana that claimed eight lives. In a telegram signed by Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the pontiff addressed Bishop Matthew K....

I’m a film critic at Venice 2025 – I can’t wait for these 10 movies

The 82nd Venice International Film Festival is now upon us – and massive movies await (Picture: La Biennale di Venezia) The 2025 Venice Film Festival kicks off today, displaying a line-up stuffed to the gills with talent and exciting upcoming...

Missionaries from Africa not “agents of rescue” to the West: Vatican Official

“Evangelisation must no longer be described in the language of conquest or superiority. Africa is not coming to solve the problems of the Church in the West, but to walk with her, as a sister, in shared service,” the Nigerian-born Vatican official...

Village petitions bishop to save brutalist church from demolition

Locals in a village near Bath with an unusual brutalist church are appealing to the bishop to be able to buy it before it is demolished. Built in 1967, the bold angular design of the Church of the Good Shepherd in Batheaston stands out against the...

Vatican to become first carbon-neutral state after striking deal with Italy

Pope Leo XIV at the field at Santa Maria di Galeria outside of Rome, where the Vatican plans to set up a solar farm (CNS/Vatican Media) Italy has agreed to a Vatican plan to turn a 430-hectare field north of Rome into a vast solar farm that the...

Vatican signs agreement with Italy in €100-million project to become carbon-neutral

THE Vatican seeks to become the world’s first carbon-neutral state, in a €100-million project to make it fully reliant on solar energy. The Secretary for Relations with States, Archbishop Paul Gallagher, signed an agreement on Thursday with the...

Vatican Official at SECAM Plenary Assembly Urges Africa’s Catholic Bishops to Champion Integral Human Development

The Cardinal Czerny who is a member of the Society of Jesus Congregation, noted that “The Dicastery supports the mission of the Holy Father and of the Bishops to proclaim the gospel to all creation, ensuring that no one is excluded.” He also...

Italy and the Vatican have signed an agreement on the construction of a solar power plant

Vatican strikes solar farm deal to become world’s first carbon-neutral state

ROME – Italy agreed Thursday to a Vatican plan to turn a 430-hectare (1,000-acre) field north of Rome, once the source of controversy between the two, into a vast solar farm that the Holy See hopes will generate enough electricity to meet its...

The news, the [papal?] chefs, and the [murder] hornets

Hey everybody, It’s the Feast of Our Lady of Częstochowa (and my mom’s birthday), and you’re reading The Tuesday Pillar Post. Before the news, I want to share with you this reflection that Pope Leo gave yesterday to altar servers who traveled to...

Vatican strikes a solar deal that aims to make it the world’s 1st carbon-neutral state

ROME — Italy agreed Thursday to a Vatican plan to turn a 1,000-acre field north of Rome, once the source of controversy between the two, into a vast solar farm that will generate enough electricity to meet the needs of Vatican City and turn it...

Vatican strikes solar deal that aims to make it world’s first carbon-neutral state

ROME -- Italy agreed Thursday to a Vatican plan to turn a 430-hectare (1,000-acre) field north of Rome, once the source of controversy between the two, into a vast solar farm that will generate enough electricity to meet the needs of Vatican City...

Vatican strikes solar farm deal to become the world's first carbon-neutral state

ROME — Italy agreed Thursday to a Vatican plan to turn a 430-hectare (1,000-acre) field north of Rome, once the source of controversy between the two, into a vast solar farm that the Holy See hopes will generate enough electricity to meet its...

Eucharist and charity: The traits that unite Pope Leo’s first saints

By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Leo XIV will preside over his first canonization Mass Sept. 7, declaring the sainthood of two young Italians whose devotion to the Eucharist nourished a deep involvement in the...

No Market, No Problem: Hot Venice Sales Titles Include New Projects from Oscar Isaac, Amanda Seyfried and Mads Mikkelsen

The Venice Film Festival has no official market — no Marche du Film, no European Film Market — meaning the deals on the Lido tend to happen quietly, in hotel suites at the Excelsior and over spritzes along the Lungomare. But sellers still see the...

Eucharist and charity: The traits that unite Pope Leo XIV’s first saints

Pope Leo XIV will preside over his first canonization Mass Sept. 7, declaring the sainthood of two young Italians whose devotion to the Eucharist nourished a deep involvement in the cultures of their day. Pier Giorgio Frassati was born April 6,...

Vatican cardinal calls Netanyahu ‘a tyrant pursuing a dark and bloody plan for power’

(LifeSiteNews) — An Italian cardinal who has worked closely with Pope Leo XIV for several years candidly denounced Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his nation’s “unbridled, and illogical evil” being committed against the people of...

VATICAN - Cardinal Tagle to “Catholic Influencers”: Let us be “influenced” and changed by the Love of Christ

VaticanMedia Rome (Agenzia Fides) – To offer salvation to the men and women of all times, God "did not send us a text message, an email, or a document." God "sent his Son, the Word of God who became man," who "became flesh and dwelt among us." To...

Vatican reports 2024 asset management earnings of 62 million euros

Vatican City, Jul 28, 2025 / 17:33 pm The Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See (APSA) — the body responsible for managing the properties and investments of the small city state — presented on July 28 its financial statement for the...