As the U.N. marks the thirtieth anniversary of the Cairo International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) this year, Archbishop Gabriele Caccia reiterates that promoting birth control policies does not help eradicate world poverty and promote sustainable development.

Pope Francis sends a letter to parish priests taking part in the International Meeting “Parish Priests for the Synod” and underscores, regardless of how obvious it may seem, that the Church couldn't go on without their love, faith and dedication.

Speaking to the Primates of the Anglican Communion, Pope Francis says that even the very earliest Christians had their disagreements.

Pope Francis prays for victims of war in Ukraine, Palestine, Israel, and Myanmar, highlighting how, unfortunately, the most profitable investments are those linked to the arms industry.

Vatican Media presents a Christmas story by Dale Recinella, a former Wall Street finance lawyer who, along with his wife Susan, acts as a chaplain for death row prisoners in Florida.

Archbishop Tadeusz Wojda, the new president of the Polish Bishops' Conference, speaks about the challenges he faces in his new position in an interview with Vatican Radio and Vatican News.

Pope Francis presides over a penitential liturgy at Rome's St. Pius V Parish to open the "24 Hours for the Lord" initiative, and says confession puts us back on the path of new life that began at Baptism.

The Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue announces the Third Christian-Taoist Dialogue to be held in Hong Kong on 11-13 March.

Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, the Vatican Secretary for Relations with States, arrives in Jordan for a four-day visit which includes Mass with Bishops of the Holy Land and meetings with King Abdullah II and the Commissioner-General of UNRWA.

Save the Children warns of the "complete psychological destruction" Gaza children are suffering due to five months of war. The humanitarian organization appeals once again for a ceasefire and for emergency aid to be able to reach the people immediately.

"Roll up your sleeves and serve with competence" was the slogan of the 30th International Conference of Hospitallers of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, which concluded Sunday in Krakow, Poland.

As Pope Francis once again calls for prayers for Syria, Vincent Gélot, regional manager of L'Œuvre d'Orient, speaks to Vatican News about the sufferings of the Syrian people and their bitterness at having been forgotten.

Catholic Bishops of the Episcopal Conference of Angola and Sao Tome (CEAST) have condemned restrictions on the freedom of Sunday worship in some parts of Angolan society.

On the banks of the Amazon River, the "Papa Francisco" hospital boat tends to some 5,200 people’s health and spiritual needs, which Sister Marcia Lopes Assis serves aboard in the Juruti-Pará region of the Amazon forest in Brazil.

The Franciscan friars made the first Lenten peregrination to the Franciscan shrine of Dominus Flevit, on the Mount of Olives, on Wednesday 28 February.

The “peregrinations” are weekly liturgical appointments which take place in the places of the Holy City where the events linked to the Passion of Jesus are evoked. Christians can thus do a special meditation during Lent through visiting, lingering and praying at exactly the places connected with the pre-Easter memories.

A historic moment: this is how it was defined by the Patriarch of the Latins Pierbattista Pizzaballa who presided over the Mass at the Filoxenia centre in Nicosia on Saturday 16 March for the ordination of fr. Bruno Varriano as Bishop of Astigi, thus becoming the new auxiliary bishop of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem on Cyprus.

Interview with Fr. Alberto Joan Pari, Director of the Magnificat Institute

On Saturday 24 February, in St Peter’s church in Tiberias, the Custos of the Holy Land presided over the Solemn Mass of the Chair of St Peter

Pope Francis has never tired of lifting his prayers and launching appeals for peace in Ukraine over the past two years as the nation is trapped in the "madness" of war.

In his message for the 58th World Day of Social Communications, Pope Francis urges humanity to cultivate wisdom of the heart in the age of artificial intelligence.