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New Year’s Day at St. Peter’s Square

Guglielmo Mangiapane, Reuters
Posted at Jan 02 11:51 AM

A nun looks at nearly deserted St.Peter's square on New Year's Day amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at the Vatican, Friday Read more »

Pope Francis reappears after pain flare-up, calls for peace in New Year message

Reuters
Updated as of Jan 01 09:50 PM

Pope Francis reappeared on Friday after chronic sciatic pain forced him to miss the Church's New Year services, and made no mention of his ailment as he delivered his traditional appeal for world peace. Read more »

Pope will not lead new year services, as leg pain flares up

Reuters
Posted at Dec 31 09:03 PM

It was the first time in years that Francis, who turned 84 this month, has had to skip a papal event for health reasons. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: December 28, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 29 12:36 AM

Here are the day's big stories in photos. Read more »

Vatican under lockdown

Filippo Monteforte, AFP
Posted at Dec 28 09:20 AM

A policeman patrols on an empty St. Peter's Square as the Pope delivers a private live-streamed weekly Angelus prayer from the palace's library in the Vatican, on Sunday Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: December 25, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 26 02:39 AM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

Pope Francis ipinagdasal ang mga biktima ng bagyo, sakuna sa Pilipinas

Vivienne Gulla, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 25 10:17 PM

Sa kanyang "Urbi et Orbi", ipinagdasal ni Pope Francis ang mga biktima ng bagyo at mga sakuna sa Pilipinas, at iba pang bansa sa Southeast Asia. Read more »

In Christmas message curbed by COVID, Pope calls on nations to share vaccines

Philip Pullella, Reuters
Updated as of Dec 26 12:54 AM

Pope Francis called in his Christmas message on Friday for nations to share COVID-19 vaccines, saying walls of nationalism could not be built to stop a pandemic that knows no borders. Read more »

With the people in spirit

Vatican Media, via Reuters
Posted at Dec 25 12:03 PM

Pope Francis celebrates Christmas Eve mass with only a few faithful able to participate due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) regulations in order to stop a rise in infections, in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. Read more »

Pope urges help for poor at low-key Christmas Eve Mass curbed by COVID

Philip Pullella, Reuters
Posted at Dec 25 08:36 AM

Pope Francis celebrated a low-key Christmas Eve Mass made somber by the coronavirus pandemic on Thursday and said people should feel obliged to help the needy because Jesus himself was born a poor outcast. Read more »

Two Vatican cardinals, papal aides, test positive for coronavirus - source

Philip Pullella, Reuters
Posted at Dec 22 05:53 PM

Two Vatican cardinals, including one who spends most his time helping Rome's homeless, have tested positive for the coronavirus, a Vatican source said on Tuesday. Read more »

Vatican permits use of COVID-19 vaccines made using aborted fetal tissue

Philip Pullella, Reuters
Posted at Dec 22 12:11 AM

The Vatican told Roman Catholics on Monday that it was morally acceptable to use COVID-19 vaccines even if their production employed cell lines drawn from tissues of aborted fetuses.   Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: December 16, 2020

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Posted at Dec 17 12:14 AM

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Pope Francis holds weekly general audience

Handout, Vatican media via Reuters
Posted at Dec 16 08:35 PM

Pope Francis holds the weekly general audience at the Library of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican on Wednesday.  Read more »

Football: Pope Francis becomes member of rival Argentine club for good cause

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 16 03:05 AM

Despite his passionate support for San Lorenzo, the Pontiff has accepted club membership from Buenos Aires giants Boca Juniors. Read more »

New papal envoy to PH presents credentials to Duterte

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 15 09:07 AM

Archbishop Charles John Brown, the new apostolic nuncio to the Philippines, presented his credentials to President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday in a virtual ceremony held at the Malacañang Palace.  Read more »

Duterte welcomes new Vatican, Japan envoys to Philippines

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 14 09:37 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday welcomed the new envoys to the country of the Vatican and Japan.  Read more »

'Bambinelli Sunday'

Vincenzo Pinto, AFP
Posted at Dec 14 12:31 AM

The Third Sunday of Advent has for many years been the day when worshippers bring the Baby Jesus statues from their Nativity Scenes to St. Peter’s Square to be blessed by the Pope during the Angelus.  Read more »

Pope commits Vatican to net zero carbon emissions by 2050

Philip Pullella, Reuters
Posted at Dec 13 02:30 PM

Pope Francis urged countries on Saturday to work towards net zero carbon emissions and committed Vatican City - the world's smallest state - to reaching the target by 2050. Read more »

Forget panettone, Pope Francis is giving paracetamol for Christmas

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 08 05:07 AM

VATICAN CITY - A practical Pontiff who has eschewed consumerism, Pope Francis is giving Vatican employees boxes of cold and flu relief pills for Christmas this year. Read more »