VATICAN - The Pope to journalists: choose consciously and courageously the path of communication in favour of peace

Monday, 12 May 2025 VaticanMedia Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "You are at the forefront of reporting on conflicts and aspirations for peace, on situations of injustice and poverty, and on the silent work of so many people striving to create a better …

The Vatican’s cyber crusaders

The Holy See has seen attacks ranging from attempts to "phish" or compromise cardinals' online accounts, to distributed-denial-of-service attacks that send huge amounts of traffic to websites to force them offline. The group of volunteers has …

Pope Leo XIV addresses 6,000 journalists in Vatican City

Pope Leo XIV addresses 6,000 journalists at Vatican City where he talked about his concerns for the future of AI. News Corp Europe correspondent Sophie Elsworth claims “it wasn’t a normal press conference”. “There were no questions, but he gave an 11- …

On Pope Leo’s Desk: Fixing Vatican finances

When Pope Francis emerged on the loggia in 2013, it was widely understood that the “pope from the peripheries” had been elected with a mandate to reform the Roman curia, and especially to clean up corruption. Twelve years later, the morass of curial …

History Made in Vatican City: Reflecting On the Papal Conclave

Last week, Benjamin had the remarkable opportunity to be in Rome for the Papal Conclave–a historic event with the announcement that Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost would become the first American pope in the history of the Catholic Church. …

Sudbury family finds themselves at Vatican when new pope named

The Derro family just happened to be in Italy during the conclave where the Catholic Church chooses a new pope where they not only celebrated Pope Leo XIV’s selection but participated in the pre-conclave mass at St. Peter’s Basilica The Derro family of …

Vatican: RSF hails Pope Leo XIV's commitment to press freedom, calls for concrete action

The late Pope Francis, who was appointed in 2013 and died on 21 April 2025, declared that "the freedom of journalists increases the freedom of us all." This statement, however, was undermined on several occasions, notably by his controversial …

CHARLES R STITH: Most powerful American lives in Vatican City, not Washington DC

Unlike Donald Trump, Pope Leo XIV’s constituency is not defined by one country, but that of 1.4-billion Catholics worldwide 12 May 2025 - 06:11 by Charles R Stith One of my grandmother’s favourite expressions was “God works in mysterious ways his wonders …

Orange County couple traveled to Vatican City to see election of Pope Leo XIV

An Orange County couple is still taking in their recent trip to Vatican City after experiencing the recent conclave from Saint Peter's Square and seeing the white smoke billow into the sky. For Annette and Chuck Walker, their trip to Italy started with …

Houstonian shares her experiences seeing the new pope in Vatican City