Christopher White

Pope Francis on May 26 named Bishop Jorge Ignacio García Cuerva — a relatively unknown 55-year-old prelate from a tiny diocese at the bottom of Argentina — to lead his hometown of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Pope Francis used his 2023 World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation message to call for an end to "the fossil fuel era," saying it is "madness to permit continued exploration and expansion of fossil fuel infrastructure."

View from the Vatican: The Sant'Egidio community has been instrumental in high-profile peacemaking efforts. Now its ties to the Russian Orthodox Church may assist Cardinal Matteo Zuppi as he heads to Kyiv and Moscow.

"Social Friendship: Meeting in the Garden," the Holy See's exhibit at the 18th International Architecture Biennale opened May 20 and will run through Nov. 26. The exhibit highlights themes of Pope Francis' 2015 encyclical, Laudato Si'.

The Vatican's China deal "isn't worth the paper that it's drafted on," says a pro-democracy activist in Rome for meetings with Vatican and U.S. officials.

Rod Dreher is a notorious critic of Pope Francis. Yet prior to Francis' April visit to Dreher's newly adopted home of Budapest, Dreher declared his visit as "heroic." NCR spoke to Dreher amid Francis' visit to Hungary.

Pope Francis met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the Vatican on May 13.

When Pope Francis fired top leadership of Caritas Internationalis last year, the Vatican was blunt, saying "real deficiencies were noted in management." Now the organization is electing new leadership.

British seminarians studying for the priesthood in Rome will be joining in prayer and celebration for their new king.

As the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors meets this week in Rome, critics are raising concerns about the group's leadership and independence, reports Vatican correspondent Christopher White.

During a press conference aboard the papal plane, Pope Francis said he is working behind the scenes in Hungary to bring peace to Ukraine.

Pope Francis wrapped up a three-day visit to Budapest by issuing a final plea for peace in Ukraine and appealing to the often-isolated Hungarian nation not to close its doors to those in need. 

Pope Francis began his second day in Hungary by thanking the country's Catholics for welcoming new arrivals from Ukraine, while reminding them that the Christian commitment of charity must also extend to non-believers.

Pope Francis on April 28 launched his closely watched three-day trip to Hungary by telling the country's staunchly anti-immigrant political leaders that if the country wants to remain true to its Christian roots, it must be willing to accept migrants and refugees.

When Pope Francis arrives in Budapest tomorrow, church and political leaders around the world will be watching his meeting with Hungary's controversial prime minister.

Pope Francis on April 26 dramatically expanded participation in the Vatican's upcoming Synod of Bishops to include lay men and women, for the first time granting them a right to be appointed as full voting members.

In his first visit to his new titular church in Rome, San Diego Cardinal Robert McElroy greeted children and prayed for the community.

Organizers of Pope Francis' ongoing three-year process for the Synod of Bishops said April 20 that the synod should ultimately result in the Vatican giving more deference to local church authorities.

At Rome's Pontifical Gregorian University, future church leaders are not just learning about ecumenism but strengthening relationships through a unique course of study, writes Vatican correspondent Christopher White.

The good news of Christ's resurrection, Pope Francis said during his Easter message, should hasten the entire world to work towards peace in Ukraine and Jerusalem, as mounting conflicts threaten to overshadow the message of Jesus' victory over death.