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Nuncio updating Vatican on Calvary hospital takeover plans
The Pope’s ambassador to Australia, Archbishop Charles Balvo, says he is keeping the Vatican informed about the ACT Government’s planned takeover of Calvary Public Hospital Bruce. Source: Canberra Times.
Pope asks Cardinal Zuppi to lead Ukraine peace mission
Pope Francis has asked Italian Cardinal Matteo Zuppi of Bologna to lead a mission “to help ease tensions in the conflict in Ukraine”. Source: OSV News.
Vatican Secretary of State calls for ‘creative’ peace efforts in Ukraine
Asking European leaders for “creative efforts for peace” in Ukraine, the Vatican Secretary of State said the Holy See “will continue to do its part”. Source: NCR Online.
Vatican cooperates with new Rome probe of ‘Vatican Girl’ case
The Vatican is cooperating with a new inquest by the City of Rome into the 1983 disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi, the teenage daughter of an employee of the Prefecture of the Papal Household whose family lived in a Vatican apartment. Source: Crux.
Pope issues new constitution for Vatican City State
Pope Francis has issued a new constitution of the Vatican City State that further emphasises the power of the Pope over the sovereign state. Source: CNA.
Catholics and Copts ‘united by the love of Christ’
Two popes sat side by side before a crowd of rain-soaked pilgrims in St Peter’s Square in Vatican City yesterday. Source: OSV News.
Progress for pilgrims as Vatican launches new website and app
The Vatican office in charge of coordinating plans for the Holy Year 2025 is launching a new website and an app to help people register and to guide them along their pilgrimage in Rome. Source: OSV News.
Pontifical Academy for Life responds to anger over euthanasia comments
The Pontifical Academy for Life says its president is against assisted suicide but thinks it is possible to have a “legal initiative” that would allow it to be decriminalised in Italy under “specific and particular conditions”. Source: CNA.
Italian and Vatican officials collaborate on Jubilee preparations
With the Church’s Jubilee in 2025 rapidly approaching, Italian and Vatican officials have met to discuss ongoing preparations, announcing that a slew of ambitious and costly city renovations are set to begin. Source: Crux.