Vaticano

Pope Francis confirms that women can serve as permanent lectors and altar servers; the "Open Doors Foundation" tells how the COVID pandemic has increased persecution of Christians; a look at the friendship between a Catholic and a Lutheran Archbishop.

Pope Francis calls for fair distribution of COVID vaccines; Meet Eduard Habsburg, author of a new children’s book about Dubbie, the double-headed eagle; Cardinal Mario Grech leads the Church towards the 2022 Synod of Bishops on the topic of Synodality.

A one-on-one interview with Cardinal George Pell, who spent 405 days in prison after being accused of sexual abuse before Australia's highest court overturned his conviction and freed him.

Fr. Mitch Pacwa brings us inside the Vatican Apostolic Library and speaks with the donor of the greatest treasure of the library: The Hanna Papyrus.

Learn about the journey of this year's Christmas Tree in St. Peter's Square and see this year’s Vatican Nativity scene; at the Basilica of St. Mary Major, witness the first figurines ever used in a creche.

Pope Francis makes a private devotion instead of attending the annual Immaculate Conception wreath ceremony due to COVID restrictions; EWTN launches in Spain and in Italy; meet Rwanda's first Cardinal and a top Vatican official on Tik Tok.

The Order of Malta elects its new head and faces constitutional reforms; the Order's leaders explain the aims of the reforms and the unique dual identity of the Order of Malta as both a religious and secular organization.

The Vatican issues a decree extending the time Catholics can obtain the All Souls Day plenary indulgence; meet the new special delegate to the Order of Malta; discover the history of the Pope’s papal guards in an interview with Ulrich Nersinger.

Pope Francis appoints a new Patriarch for the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem and chooses thirteen new Cardinals, from near and far; meet Philippe Casanova, a Roman painter keeping the Baroque artistic style alive.