At Catholic News Agency, our team is committed to reporting the truth with courage, integrity, and fidelity to our faith. Pope Francis' new Secretary of State replaced Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, a trusted aide of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI who had been blamed for the mismanagement and scandals that ⦠Yuriko Koike and the governors of Saitama, Chiba and Kanagawa had asked the national government Saturday [â¦] The Vatican also has a staggering collection of world-class artistic treasures, including the Sistine Chapel and St. Peter's Basilica. Pietro Parolin as Vatican's new 'prime minister' VATICAN CITY. Sanchez has said the actual number of infections in his country could be more than triple that but is unknown due to testing gaps. The relief depicts a mother with a child in her arms at the entrance to the colonnades of St. Peter’s Square. The 49-year-old Philippe is likely to become the mayor of Le Havre, his hometown in western France. The walls around the Vatican have protected the tiny city state from invaders for centuries and today insulate its rolling gardens and hushed offices ⦠1960 Press Photo Prime Minister Harold Macmillan & Pope John XXIII, Vatican City This is an original press photo. Lawmakers elected Yoshihide Suga, the new leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, as Japan's prime minister on Wednesday to succeed Shinzo Abe -- ⦠Two hands are joined in front of the mother and child. Social tensions VATICAN CITY (AP) â Pope Francis met with the Spanish prime minister Saturday at the Vatican, which has had a rash of COVID-19 infections confirmed in recent days, but neither man used a face a mask during the public part of their meeting. VATICAN CITY (AP) â Pope Francis met with the Spanish prime minister Saturday at the Vatican, which has had a rash of COVID-19 infections confirmed in recent days, but neither man used a face a mask during the public part of their meeting. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez wore a mask when he arrived in a Vatican courtyard. Christie readies for return back to the Bahamas! After the audience, Sánchez expressed gratitude for his meeting with the pope. The only bright spot for Macron was outgoing Prime Minister Philippe's victory in the northern port city of Le Havre. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino), Connect with the definitive source for global and local news. Throughout the pandemic, Francis has received world leaders and posed with them for photos, as he did with Sanchez, often posed nearly shoulder-to-shoulder and without wearing a mask. Tags: The pontiff also said it was âvery sadâ when ideologies drive the destiny of a nation. John XXIII - Pope (Meets with Macmillan) Pope & Macmillan. The pope gave Sánchez a copy of his encyclicals, as well as a bronze relief. Vatican City, Oct 24, 2020 / 07:00 am MT (CNA).- Pope Francis met with Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez at the Vatican Saturday. “We agreed to address the crisis caused by COVID-19 from a multilateralist perspective and with a social outlook; protecting the most vulnerable and moving forward, all of society united, towards a more just and solidary world,” he wrote on Twitter. The name "Vatican" was already in use in the time of the Roman Republic for the Ager Vaticanus, a marshy area on the west bank of the Tiber across from the city of Rome, located between the Janiculum, the Vatican Hill and Monte Mario, down to the Aventine Hill and up to the confluence of the Cremera creek. TOKYO â Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said Monday vaccine approval was being speeded up and border controls beefed up to curb the spread of the coronavirus, and he promised to consider declaring a state of emergency. VATICAN CITY, Nov. 18, 2013 (VIS) â This morning in the Vatican Apostolic Palace Pope Francis received in audience the Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, Perry Gladstone Christie, who subsequently went on to meet with the Secretary of State Archbishop Pietro ⦠The Prime Minister of the Republic of Kosovo, Mr. Avdullah Hoti, traveled today for an official visit to the Vatican city state and the Republic of Italy. But everyone sat unmasked immediately before and after his closed-door talks with Francis at the Apostolic Palace, including during the speech the pontiff gave in Spanish to Sanchez and his entourage. In response to an assisted suicide bill that could soon be passed in Spain, the Spanish bishops’... Pope Francis meets with Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez at the Vatican Oct. 24, 2020. Credit: Vatican Media. “The talks in the Secretariat of State focused on bilateral relations and issues of common interest that concern the Holy See and Spain,” the Holy See press office said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi called the vaccine approval a âdecisive turning point to strengthen a spirited fight.â âCongratulations India,â Modi tweeted. In his speech, Francis told his Spanish visitors that politics is âan act of charity, nobility, and often leads one to sacrifice oneâs life.â He said the mission of a politician is to help a nation to progress. Vatican City â A resident at the Casa Santa Marta, the residence where Pope Francis lives, ... Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte announced a ⦠“On the question of Francisco Franco’s exhumation, [the Holy See] has repeated on various occasions its respect for the legality and the decisions of the competent governmental and judicial authorities,” it said. Pope Francis meets with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and his wife Maria Begona Gomez Fernandez at the Vatican Oct. 24, 2020. Tomorrow morning, Prime Minister Hoti will be hosted by the Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Paroli, in ⦠Spain, Church in Spain, Pope Francis, Catholic Church, Pedro Sanchez, Vatican news. The Vatican said Oct. 24 that the pope received the Socialist leader in a private audience for approximately 35 minutes at the Apostolic Palace. VATICAN CITY â Pope Francis met with the Spanish prime minister at the Vatican, but neither man wore a mask during the public part of their meeting. In July, he claimed that Pope Francis had intervened to help the government carry out the controversial exhumation of the body of Francisco Franco, Spain’s ruler from 1939 to 1975, from the Valley of the Fallen on Oct. 24, 2019. Beneath are written the words “Riempiamo le mani di altre mani” (“Let’s fill our hands with other hands”), which the Vatican said referred to the pope’s appeals to welcome others and show mercy. Sánchez later held talks with Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, the Secretary for Relations with States, the Vatican’s equivalent of a foreign minister. Pope Pius XXIII had a handshake for British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan as he arrived at the Vatican City Wednesday for a private audience in the Pontiff's private library. The artwork, by Daniela Fusco in collaboration with Michele Palazzetti, expresses the themes of mercy, welcome, and fraternity, according to the Vatican. Vatican City, Oct 24, 2020 / 07:00 am MT (, Spain's socialist party would ban religion classes – even in private schools, Vatican says Pope Francis did not intervene in Franco exhumation in Spain, Spanish bishops call for palliative care instead of euthanasia and assisted suicide, ‘A martyr who died laughing’: Cause of priest imprisoned by Nazis and communists advances, Argentine boy saved from stray bullet by crucifix, Cardinal Dolan condemns 'ugly and unlawful' defacement of St Patrick’s cathedral, US Catholic bishops demand peace replace violence after protesters disrupt Capitol, Pope Francis at Epiphany Mass: ‘If we do not worship God, we will worship idols’, Man who filmed 'prank video' at Mass in Canada charged with hate crime. Tokyo Gov. The State of the Vatican City (or simply the Vatican City or the Holy See) is an independent state of which the monarch is the Bishop of Rome â the Pope, and the highest state functionaries are all clergymen of the Roman Catholic Church.The Vatican City houses the Government of the Roman Catholic Church and is surrounded by the city of Rome.Until 1871 the Pope held civil ⦠The Holy See is smallest independent ⦠This prompted the Holy See to issue a statement insisting that it had never “made any declaration on either the exhumation or the place of burial, because it is not part of its competency.”. A person staying at the same guest house in Vatican City where the pope lives also recently tested positive. pic.twitter.com/8ZXM1hw8ud. Officially, the prime minister was recognized as the Minister of the Interior (Italian: Ministro della Interno), as the title of "chief of the government" was reserved to the Cardinal Secretary of State. Y el #Papa una copia de sus Encíclicas y este relieve de bronce con “mensaje”, símbolo de misericordia, acogida y fraternidad. “The opportunity for constant dialogue between the local Church and government authorities was also emphasized.”, “Finally, some international issues were discussed, such as the current health emergency, the process of European integration, and migration.”. In improvised remarks that were captured on video, the pope reflected on the vocation of politicians and highlighted the dangers of ideological thinking. “It is very sad when ideologies take over the interpretation of a nation, a country, and disfigure the homeland,” he said. When you subscribe to the CNA UPDATE, we'll send you a daily email with links to the news you need. Pedro Sánchez ha regalado al Papa un facsímil del Libro de horas del obispo Juan Rodríguez de Fonseca. Pope Meets Grenada Prime Minister Keith Claudius Mitchell VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - OCTOBER 23: Pope Francis meets Marietta Mitchell, wife of Grenada Prime Minister Keith Claudius Mitchell, at the Apostolic Palace on October 23, 2014 in Vatican City, Vatican. History . Vatican News Pope Francis on Thursday received in audience Prime Minister Andrej PlenkoviÄ of Croatia, who subsequently met Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, accompanied by Vatican Secretary for Relations with States, Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher. (CNS/Vatican Media via Reuters) At the Vatican, Prime Minister Barzani will meet His Holiness Pope Francis and Secretary of State Pietro Parolin to discuss the Kurdistan Region's commitment to countering religious persecution and promoting interreligious dialogue. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez wore a mask when he arrived in a Vatican courtyard. Rome (CNN) On Monday, the Vatican press office issued an official photo of Pope Francis and Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte ahead of a ⦠Pope Francis taps diplomat Pietro Parolin as Vatican's new 'prime minister' VATICAN CITY. Sánchez, the leader of the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party, has previously clashed with the Church in Spain over religious instruction in schools and euthanasia, among other issues. The Prime Minister of the Republic of Kosovo, Mr. Abdullah Hoti was hosted in a meeting by the Secretary of State of the Vatican City, Cardinal Pietro Parolin. Spain this week became the first country in Western Europe with more than 1 million confirmed virus cases. vatican city â Pope Francis met with the Spanish prime minister Saturday at the Vatican, which has had a rash of COVID-19 infections confirmed in recent days, but ⦠Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez wore a mask when he arrived in a Vatican courtyard. The Vatican said the Spanish prime minister also held talks with the Holy Seeâs foreign minister, discussing matters that included âthe current health emergency, the process of European integration and migration.â. Vatican Swiss Guards wearing masks to curb the spread of COVID-19 march as they leave the St. Damaso courtyard after the visit of Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to Pope Francis, at the Vatican, Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020. TOKYO â Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said Monday vaccine approval was being speeded up and border controls beefed up to curb ⦠VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis met with the Spanish prime minister Saturday at the Vatican, which has had a rash of COVID-19 infections confirmed in recent days, but neither man used a face a mask during the public part of their meeting. The office was created by the granting of the Statute of the Papal States in 1848 to 1850, when Pope Pius IX disclaimed the Statute after the Roman Republic's fall in 1849. Behind her, there are other migrants in a boat on the water. The Vatican was created as a land-locked sovereign state by the Lateran Treaty of 1929, between Pope Pius XI and Benito Mussolini as prime minister ⦠We provide news about the Church and the world, as seen through the teachings of the Catholic Church. More precisely, the Vatican City is a walled enclave within Rome, the capital of Italy. PRIME MINISTER Christie exchanges gifts with Pope Francis. The Vatican has said 13 Swiss Guards, members of the colorfully attired division of the Holy Seeâs security operations, recently tested positive for the coronavirus. Pope Francis meets with Spainâs Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez at the Vatican Oct. 24, 2020. Vatican City State Città del Vaticano The Holy See or Vatican City (in Italian Città del Vaticano) is a city-state situated within the Italian state. During his audience with Pope Francis, Sánchez gave the pope a facsimile of a Book of Hours by Juan Rodríguez de Fonseca, a counselor to Ferdinand and Isabella, the 15th-century Catholic Monarchs of Spain. Ahead of his visit, Prime Minister Barzani said: "I am delighted to be meeting His Holiness the Pope to discuss the importance of religious coexistence, which can be a valuable ⦠This is a list of the prime ministers of the Papal States.