As is customary, Pope Francis sent a fraternal message to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople on November 30, the Feast of St. Andrew, the Patriarchate’s patronal feast day. Pope Francis recalled the upcoming 60th anniversary of the historic meeting between Pope St. Paul VI and Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras in Jerusalem. [...]

The Vatican City State has launched an “Ecological Conversion 2030” program, with the goal of making its vehicles carbon-neutral by 2030. To help achieve the goal, Vatican City State’s governorate has signed an agreement with Volkswagen, which will supply nearly 40 electric vehicles to the 109-acre city state. [...]

The European Court of Justice has ruled that municipalities may bar “the visible wearing in the workplace of any sign revealing philosophical or religious beliefs,” as long as the rule is “applied in a general and indiscriminate manner to all of that administration’s staff and is limited to what [...]

Archbishop Bernardito Auza, the apostolic nuncio to Spain, blessed four new towers of Sagrada Família, the famed basilica in Barcelona, Spain. Designed by the Servant of God Antoni Gaudí, the church was consecrated by Pope Benedict XVI in 2010, nearly 130 years after the 1882 groundbreaking. [...]

The 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) begins in Dubai on November 30. Pope Francis was scheduled to address the conference on December 2, but decided not to attend because of illness. [...]