Federico Lombardi

The Vatican hit back in Sunday at Turkey’s depiction of Pope Francis as having a “crusader mentality” after he used the word “genocide” to describe th(...)

Pope Francis has copperfastened the concept of “Bishop Accountability” in relation to the handling of sex abuse cases within the Catholic Church on Sa(...)

An appeal by dissident theologians for “accountability and transparency” within the Catholic Church’s powerful Congregation For the Doctrine of the Fa(...)

Pope Francis travels to Lesbos on Saturday – not to publicly criticise the manner in which Europe has handled the migration crisis, but as a “humanita(...)

Against a post-Paris backdrop of security concerns, Pope Francis this morning sets out on a five-day visit to Africa, travelling to Kenya, Uganda and (...)

Two investigative journalists behind controversial books about the Vatican are under investigation by the Vatican City state judiciary on charges rela(...)

A suspect break-in and a subsequent safe robbery, a whole batch of Holy See confidential documents and even documents related to mafia banker Michele (...)

The Vatican has strongly denied Italian media reports that Pope Francis is suffering from a brain tumour. Senior Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lo(...)

It was the late Brian Friel who coined the phrase “confusion is not an ignoble condition”. Not many senior prelates in the Catholic Church might agre(...)

It is “very possible” Pope Francis will come to Ireland for the 2018 World Meeting of Families, Vatican spokesman Fr Federico Lombardi confirmed to Th(...)