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Pope Leo XIV returned to the Vatican on July 22 around 9 p.m. local time after spending more than two weeks at the papal ...
Israel says peace in Gaza can happen “today”, but Hamas must release its Israeli hostages and relinquish its military and ...
In a wide‑ranging interview with “EWTN News Nightly,” Cardinal Fernando Filoni underscored that the Middle East remains an ...
Peering at the sunlit skies through a Vatican-owned space telescope and calling the last surviving member of the Apollo 11 spaceflight mission was how Pope Leo XIV celebrated the anniversary of the ...
The Holy See's Permanent Observer to the United Nations in Geneva urged the organization to issue a moratorium on autonomous lethal weapons this week, citing ethical concerns.
John Klink, who was a Holy See negotiator at the Environmental Summit in Rio in 1992 and played a key role in the Church’s pro-life battles at other major U.N. discussions in the 1990s, told the ...
The Holy See , also called the See of Rome, Petrine See or Apostolic See, is the jurisdiction of the Pope in his role as the bishop of Rome. It includes the apostolic episcopal see of the Diocese ...
"The Holy See may have one of the smallest delegations," writes John Leo Algo, "but it has the potential to make the biggest long-term impact in future climate negotiations, given its unique context." ...
The history of U.S.-Holy See diplomacy traces back to 1788 and a request made by Pope Pius VI to Benjamin Franklin. The story is told that the pope dispatched his emissary to Paris to ask Franklin ...
Francis Rooney served as U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See under George W. Bush from 2005 to 2008, and is author of the new book, The Global Vatican. In addition to its own editorials, ...