Events in the year 2018 in Vatican City.
Incumbents
- Sovereign Pontiff (Pope): Francis
- Cardinal Secretary of State: Pietro Parolin
- President of the Pontifical Commission: Giuseppe Bertello
Events
- 14 February – High-level delegations from the Vatican and the Patriarchate of Moscow meet in Vienna discussing the gains in ecumenical work in the two years since Pope Francis met in Havana with Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill.[1]
- 14 June – Cardinal Pietro Parolin addresses participants in the Second Holy See – Mexico Conference on International Migration. The Vatican Secretary of State assesses the current political climate, calls for the humane treatment of migrants and discusses the “primary right” to live with dignity in one's home country.[2]
- 22 September – The Vatican signs a provisional agreement with China on the process used to appoint bishops, a breakthrough after years of contentious negotiations on the management of Catholic leadership in the communist country.[3]
- 5 November – Pope Francis, threatens to order the abdication of Andorran co-monarch Joan Enric Vives Sicília, Archbishop-Bishop of Urgell, if the country decriminalises or legalises abortion.[4]
See also
References
- ^ AsiaNews.it. "Cooperation between Catholics and Russian Orthodox two years after the Havana meeting". www.asianews.it. Retrieved 2024-10-26.
- ^ "Intervention of the Cardinal Secretary of State at the Second Holy See – Mexico Conference on International Migration". press.vatican.va. Retrieved 2024-10-26.
- ^ "Vatican and Chine reach provisional deal on appointment of bishops". The Washington Post. September 22, 2018.
- ^ Poy, Ricard (2018-11-05). "El Vaticà avisa que l'avortament faria abdicar el Copríncep". Diari d'Andorra (in Catalan). Retrieved 2024-10-26.
