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Leo celebrated Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica, marking the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul, during which he gave the pallium ...
Ten years after the Holy See formally recognized the State of Palestine, Palestine's new Foreign Minister, Varsen Aghabekian, ...
The Holy See is in favour of peaceful nuclear disarmament, Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin told ANSA on the Israel ...
The Holy See confirmed the Holy Funeral Mass for Pope Francis will begin at 10 a.m. (4 a.m. on the East Coast) on April 26. "The Holy Funeral Mass of the Roman Pontiff Francis will be celebrated ...
The Holy See’s finances were informally overseen by the Secretariat of State, while the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See (APSA) acts as the Vatican City’s central bank ...
The Holy See generates revenues from a variety of sources. It collects donations from the faithful worldwide (called Peter's Pence, a term dating back to the 8th century), as well as from interest and ...
The 2018 Holy See-China agreement was reached during President Xi Jinping’s drive to tighten already stringent controls over religions in China in the name of “Sinicization” of religion.
Al Pacino met with Pope Leo XIV on Monday at the Vatican, in what is the first reported official audience between the first ...
An Irish-born American cardinal was entrusted by Pope Francis to be the camerlengo, the Vatican official who runs the Holy See after the death of one pontiff and before the election of another.
On 26 June 2025, the Holy See issued a statement during the United Nations Security Council Open Debate on Children and Armed Conflict. The statement was delivered by Mgr Marco Formica, Chargé ...
The Holy See confirmed details of the funeral for Pope Francis, noting it will begin on the first day of the Novendials nine-day mourning period.. Here's everything you need to know about the Holy ...