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Albrecht von Boeselager. / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA. Rome, Italy, Jan 20, 2022 / 06:25 am (CNA). A top Order of Malta official has said that he won’t join a working group on the reform of the 1,000-year-old institution, citing a threat to its sovereig...

The flag of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. / AM113 via Shutterstock.Rome, Italy, Jan 19, 2022 / 04:20 am (CNA).Fra Marco Luzzago, the Lieutenant of the Order of Malta, delivered his annual address to the diplomatic corps accredited to the order on Jan. 11, five years into a reform process launched by Pope Francis.Standing at a podium at the Magistral Villa in Rome, he hinted at some issues regarding the sovereign status of the body known as the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. Fra Marc...

Pope Francis general audience in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, Jan. 19, 2021. / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.Vatican City, Jan 19, 2022 / 05:10 am (CNA).Pope Francis has encouraged people to encounter Gods mercy in the Sacrament of Reconciliation, with a reminder that the tender forgiveness of God is greater than the "ugliest" sin."God is not afraid of our sins, he is greater than our sins," the pope said in his general audience on Jan. 19."God always forgives: put this in you...

Cardinal Kurt Koch and Cardinal Mario Grech. / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA and Diocese of Gozo via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Vatican City, Jan 18, 2022 / 04:05 am (CNA).The Vatican has issued a letter asking Catholic bishops to invite local Orthodox and Protestant leaders to participate in the diocesan stage of the two-year process leading to the 2023 Synod on Synodality. Cardinal Mario Grech, the general secretary of the Synod of Bishops, and Cardinal Kurt Koch, president of the Pontifical Council for P...

The Vatican Museums. / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.Vatican City, Jan 13, 2022 / 04:10 am (CNA).Visitors to the Vatican Museums must show a pass certifying full vaccination or recovery from COVID-19 and wear medical-grade masks under new measures announced on Wednesday. A decree issued on Jan. 5 by Archbishop Fernando Vérgez Alzaga, president of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State, said that every visitor to the museum must present a Super Green Pass and wear an FFP2 mask, the European equi...

Pope Francis with Paolo Bonavita and Elsa Morra at his general audience in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, Oct. 20, 2021 / Vatican Media.Rome, Italy, Jan 8, 2022 / 04:00 am (CNA).It was one of the viral Vatican moments of 2021: a boy in a black tracksuit, spectacles, and a face mask spontaneously walking up to greet Pope Francis in the middle of a general audience.But there was more to the impromptu encounter in October than met the eye: the 10-year-old suffered from epilepsy and autism. His he...

Pope Francis offers Mass for the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God in St. Peter's Basilica on January 1, 2022. / © Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN/Vatican PoolVatican City, Jan 1, 2022 / 09:35 am (CNA).On New Years Day, Pope Francis encouraged people to place their lives under the protection of Mary, the Mother of God."The new year begins under the sign of the Holy Mother of God, under the sign of the Mother. A mothers gaze is the path to rebirth and growth. We need mothers, women who look at the...

Pope Francis gives his Christmas Urbi et Orbi blessing Dec. 25, 2021. / Vatican MediaVatican City, Dec 25, 2021 / 04:26 am (CNA).Giving his traditional Christmas "Urbi et Orbi" blessing on Saturday, Pope Francis urged leaders to be open to dialogue to resolve the worlds many "conflicts, crises, and disagreements."Speaking from the central balcony overlooking a rainy St. Peters Square on Dec. 25, the pope said that people had become so accustomed to disputes that "by now ...

Cardinal Pietro Parolin attends an ordination at the Basilica of Sant'Eugenio in Rome, Sept. 5, 2020. / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.Vatican City, Dec 23, 2021 / 09:00 am (CNA).From Thursday, people seeking to enter the offices of the Roman Curia must provide either proof of vaccination against COVID-19 or evidence of recovery from it.The new rule was contained in a decree issued by Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin on Dec. 23.The Vatican has required all visitors and personnel sinc...

The dome of St. Peters Basilica and the Vatican Christmas tree, Dec. 9, 2021. / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.Vatican City, Dec 22, 2021 / 06:30 am (CNA).The Vatican underlined its support for COVID-19 vaccines on Wednesday amid global concern about the rapid spread of the omicron variant.The Holy See press office issued a statement reiterating the Vaticans stance on vaccines on Dec. 22, following the release of two new documents on the pandemic by curial departments and the first anniversary of a declara...