Vatican Pope Francis to be vaccinated against COVID-19 'next week' "Everyone should get vaccinated, it's an ethical choice, because it puts their health, their life, but also the lives of others at risk," the pontiff said. 09/01/2021
USA Vatican calling: Pope congratulates Joe Biden on election Biden said he hopes to work with Pope Francis on issues such as climate change, poverty and immigration. 12/11/2020
Italy Italian teenage computer whiz beatified by Catholic Church Carlo Acutis who died of leukemia in 2006 was described as the "patron saint of the internet". 10/10/2020
Vatican Priests should be celibate, says Pope Benedict XVI Pope Francis is weighing whether to allow married men to be ordained to make up a shortage of priests 13/01/2020
Italy Pope Francis apologises for slapping woman's hand outside Vatican The Pontiff said he was sorry for 'losing patience' with the woman. 01/01/2020
Vatican Vatican postpones beatification of first US 'televangelist' In unusual move, Vatican postpones beatification of first US 'televangelist' 04/12/2019
no comment Britain gives Argentina back Madonna statue taken from Falklands Thirty-seven years after the Falklands war, a tiny statue of the Madonna taken at the end of the conflict and held in Britain is going home to Argentina in a gesture of reconciliation blessed by Pope Francis in Vatican City. 30/10/2019
