The funeral of Cardinal Raffaele Martino will take place on October 31 in St. Peter’s Basilica. He was a permanent observer to the United Nations in New York for sixteen years and later headed the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People as well as the Pontifical Council for Justice and…
As he begins his mission as the Vatican’s first resident representative in South Sudan, Archbishop Séamus Patrick Horgan speaks to Vatican News-Vatican Radio about the many challenges facing the young African nation and says the local Church is alive. By Francesca Sabatinelli The Church in South Sudan is alive and, despite the enormous challenges facing…
Vatican news Pope Francis sends a message of condolence on the death of Archbishop Noel Treanor, which was read out at the funeral in Belfast of the late Apostolic Nuncio to the European Union. By Antonella Palermo Pope Francis, in a message signed by Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin, expressed his gratitude for the…
Vatican news We speak with the Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine, Visvaldas Kulbokas, who spent Easter in Ukraine under intense Russian bombing. By Svitlana Dukhovych Excellency, you spent Christmas with the Catholic community of Kharkiv, one of the cities most affected by Russian attacks. Now, for Easter, you went to Zaporizhzhia, another city that is bombed…