Vatican News – English

• Aid trucks reach Gaza amid intensified Israeli strikes on West Bank
  Aid trucks continue to deliver supplies to Gaza on the third day of the ceasefire as Israel launches sustained attacks in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin. Read all  
• The lambs of St Agnes: An ancient tradition of the Roman Church
  Keeping with an ancient tradition, two lambs are blessed on the feast of Saint Agnes at the basilica bearing her name on Via Nomentana in Rome – the traditional site of her burial. The wool from these lambs will be woven into palliums for new archbishops, continuing a sacred tradition deeply rooted in history. Read […]
• Cardinal Sako: 'Working together is a sign of the unity Churches already share'
  In a message for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, the head of Iraq’s Chaldean Catholic Church highlights the unity already existing among Christians and calls for closer collaboration, including on peace, justice and human rights issues. Read all  
• Christian Unity week: Believers 'brought together by faith in the triune God'
  Vatican News speaks to two students at Geneva’s Bossey Ecumenical Institute about their week-long visit to Rome for the annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. Read all  
• South Africa: The Jubilee Year will bring Catholics closer to Christ, says Archbishop Buti
  Archbishop Emeritus and Apostolic Administrator of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Johannesburg, Buti Joseph Tlhagale OMI, has said the 2025 Jubilee Year is an occasion "for all Catholics to renew their faith." Read all