Librería Editrice Vaticana

Italian Church responds to accusations of subsidizing illegal migration

According to statements from the Italian Episcopal Conference (CEI), the CEI has never directly supported ‘Mediterranea Saving Humans – APS,’ but it accepted a request presented by two dioceses within a broad framework that, according to the Magisterium of Pope Francis, envisions the reception, protection, promotion, and integration of migrants, as well as attention and assistance to those displaced in the war zone in Ukraine

Vatican’s Economic Reform Has Just Begun: ZENIT’s Translation of Pope’s Letter into English

The Holy Father acknowledges in the letter Cardinal George Pell’s role; he explains that it’s not to be reforming in order to seem that things are different, and he explains in what the Church’s service consists and the virtues of loyalty and prudence in the management of the Holy See’s patrimony. He also talks about the path and spirit that have inspired the reforms in the Vatican’s economy.