Zenit, by Marina Droujinina: As the end of the year approaches, Pope Francis had a telephone conversation with the President of the State of Israel, Reuven Rivlin, reported the Italian Agency SIR on December 15, 2020. The exchange took place…

NBC News, by Haley Messenger: The Pope means business. Capitalism met Catholicism on Tuesday, as some of the world’s biggest business leaders announced a new partnership with Pope Francis. The alliance, known as the Council for Inclusive Capitalism with the…

AP News, by Nicole Winfield: Pope Francis became the first pontiff to endorse same-sex civil unions in comments for a documentary that premiered Wednesday, sparking cheers from gay Catholics and demands for clarification from conservatives, given the Vatican’s official teaching…

LifeSiteNews, by Doug Mainwaring:President Donald Trump has responded to Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò’s open letter to him, published June 6 by LifeSiteNews. “So honored by Archbishop Viganò’s incredible letter to me,” wrote the President in a Tweet. “I hope everyone,…

KTF News – Mike Pence Meets with Pope FrancisWatch this video on YouTube Image: Wikipedia Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0), commons.wikimedia.org Transcript of this video Source References Mike Pence and Pope Francis meet in a surprisingly long first visit

Breaking Israel News, by Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz: Historically, the Vatican was no friend to the Jews, but its new initiative aligns the Catholic Church with Islam in a one-world religion that may be the biggest threat ever to the Jewish…

America, by Gerard O’Connell: U.S. Vice President Mike Pence met Pope Francis in the Vatican at noon on Jan. 24, and the two spoke together in private for an hour, a surprisingly long time for an audience with someone who…

KTF News – Raids and Arrests Cast Doubt on the Holy See’s Clean UpWatch this video on YouTube Image: Catholic Church England and Wales (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0), flickr.com Transcript of this video Source References Raids and arrests cast doubt on the Holy…

The Economist: The block of shops, offices and apartments at 60 Sloane Avenue was once a warehouse for Harrods of London. Now it is the focal point of the latest financial scandal to rock the Vatican—potentially the worst since Archbishop…

Crux: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Pope Francis and the Catholic Church have a “central role” in promoting religious liberty. Pompeo was speaking to Vatican News—the official news service of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Communication—ahead of the first Ministerial…

KTF News – Top Vatican Diplomat Calls Relationship with U S ‘Strong and Solid’Watch this video on YouTube Image: UK in Holy See (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0), flickr.com Transcript of this video Source References Top Vatican diplomat calls relationship with US ‘strong and…

Crux, by Christopher White: Vatican foreign secretary Archbishop Paul Gallagher hailed the relationship between the United States and the Holy See as “strong and solid” on Wednesday during a visit to the nation’s capital. The second highest-ranking Vatican diplomat’s remarks…