In 2024, the U.N. counted more than 36,000 civilian deaths in 14 armed conflicts, warning that the actual total is "likely ...

Archbishop Gabriele Caccia addressed the U.N. Security Council last week, underscoring the Holy See’s concern for civilians ...

Pope Leo XIV said Wednesday that the Holy See was ready to mediate between "enemies" to end the world's wars during an audience in the Vatican's Paul VI Hall for the Jubilee of Eastern Catholic ...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on May 17 that the Vatican could serve as a venue for future peace talks between ...

A Republican U S senator is accusing his Democratic colleagues of working to block the expedited confirmation of President ...

Smoke signals have occurred at mid-morning, noon, mid-afternoon and evening. The longest conclave took three years.

Russian officials are also unable to fly there due to Western restrictions. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

Experience Opera Aperta at La Biennale di Venezia. A collaborative architectural project highlighting restoration and public ...

Drawing on the words of Pope Leo XIV, Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the UN, said concrete steps are urgently needed to protect civilians in armed conflicts and to ...

JERUSALEM – The Franciscan Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, who has served as the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem since 2020, has emerged as one of the top candidates to succeed the late Pope ...