Diplomacy likely to trump geography in choice of new pope
World 11:50 27/04/2025Pope Francis smashed the stereotypical profile for a pontiff, becoming the Catholic Church's first leader from the Americas and the first non-European since the eighth century.
Vietnam values Pope Francis’s contributions to Vietnam-Vatican relationship: foreign ministry
Vietnam News 09:28 25/04/2025Vietnam appreciates Pope Francis’s role in promoting the relationship between Vietnam and the Vatican, spokeswoman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Pham Thu Hang said at a press conference in Hanoi on Thursday.
Vietnam premier sends condolences to Vatican over Pope Francis’s passing
Vietnam News 13:13 22/04/2025Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has extended his condolences to the Vatican following the death of Pope Francis on Easter Monday, April 21, after a prolonged illness, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Pope Francis has died, Vatican says in video statement
World 15:27 21/04/2025VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, has died, the Vatican said in a video statement on Monday, ending an often turbulent reign marked by division and tension as he sought to overhaul the hidebound institution.
State president leaves Vietnam for visits to Austria, Italy, Vatican
Vietnam News 15:36 23/07/2023The visits take place from Sunday to next Friday
Vatican reports first case of coronavirus inside its walls
World 17:17 06/03/2020A Vatican spokesman said the case was diagnosed on Thursday
Vietnam premier discusses bilateral relationship with Holy See’s under-secretary
Vietnam News 16:50 19/12/2018Antoine Camilleri led a delegation to attend the seventh meeting of the Vietnam-Vatican Joint Working Group in Hanoi
Ho Chi Minh City archbishop dies in Rome aged 74
Vietnam News 10:35 08/03/2018Archbishop Paul Bui Van Doc suffered a stroke while attending Mass at St. Paul’s outside the Walls
Pope Francis may make S.Korea his first Asia visit in August
World 22:10 22/01/2014Father Federico Lombardi said the pontiff was also weighing visits to the Philippines and Sri Lanka, though these would not take place this year.
Pope removes cardinals in shake-up of Vatican bank
Economy 22:35 15/01/2014It was his latest move to get to grips with an institution that has often been an embarrassment for the Holy See and which he has vowed to either reform or close.
Pope Francis named Time's Person of the Year
World 20:30 11/12/2013Time magazine named Pope Francis as its Person of the Year on Wednesday, crediting him with shifting the message of the Catholic Church while capturing the "imaginations of millions" who had become disillusioned with the Vatican
Vatican suspends Germany's 'bling bishop'
World 22:52 23/10/2013"The Holy See deems it appropriate to authorise a period of leave from the diocese for Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst," the Vatican said in a statement.
