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Albanese’s attendance at inauguration Mass ‘a wonderful thing’
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s presence in Vatican City for the inauguration Mass of Pope Leo XIV has been hailed as strengthening the relationship between Australia and the Holy See. Source: The West Australian.
Zelenskyy and Trump have ‘good meeting’ in St Peter’s Basilica
On Saturday, the Vatican’s role in global diplomacy was on full display in one of the Catholic Church’s most holy places: St Peter’s Basilica. Source: NCR Online.
Diplomat praises ministry of deacons
Apostolic Nuncio to Australia Archbishop Charles Balvo highlighted the important role that deacons play in the Church following his attendance at the 2025 National Deacons Conference in Adelaide. Source: The Southern Cross.
Indonesia looks to strengthen relationship with Vatican
Diplomatic relations between the Vatican and Indonesia have stressed humanity and peace, and Indonesia looks to strengthen the links further, says its ambassador to the Holy See. Source: UCA News.
Caritas Australia meets new ambassador to Holy See
Caritas Australia representatives yesterday met with Australia’s new ambassador to the Holy See, Keith Pitt, to discuss the effects global debt and climate change have on the world’s most vulnerable people.
Pitt appointed Australian ambassador to Holy See
The Albanese Government has appointed former Nationals MP Keith Pitt as the new Australian ambassador to the Holy See. Source: Catholic Outlook.
Vatican diplomats discuss possible paths to Middle East peace
The Vatican’s top diplomat met with papal representatives to various Middle Eastern countries to discuss possible avenues toward peace in the region and the state of the Catholic Church there. Source: Catholic Review.
Pope speaks to ambassadors on ‘a diplomacy of hope’
During the Holy Year 2025, the international community should strive “to overcome the logic of confrontation and embrace instead the logic of encounter”, Pope Francis told ambassadors and other diplomats accredited to the Holy See. Source: CNS.
Departing ambassador says abuse an existential threat for Church
Decades of clergy sexual abuse scandals are an “existential threat” to the Church and can only be remedied through transparency and prioritising survivors, according to the outgoing Australian ambassador to the Vatican. Source: NCR Online.