Links to Specialized Agencies

NOTE: links will open in a new window. Resources page updated June 28, 2011. With two new additions: “News.va,” the new global portal of Vatican information, and “Vatican Insider”

News.va. The new global portal of Vatican information, updated continually. With official bulletins, the newspaper, radio, television, etcetera. In Italian and English.

Vatican.va. The indispensable official website of the Vatican, with an immense archive. In eight languages, including Chinese.

H2O News. Audio/video/text news on the Church, in nine languages, including Arabic. At the service of the Catholic media.

Rome Reports Video News. A television news agency covering the pope and the Vatican, in English and Spanish.

Asia News. With sinologist Fr. Bernard Cervellera as director. In Italian, in English, and Chinese.

MissiOnLine. By the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions in Milan. In Italian and English.

Vatican Insider. What news.va doesn’t tell you, you’ll hear from Tornielli, Allen, Horst, Izoard, O’Connell, and other commentators. Copyright “La Stampa,” Turin. In Italian, English, and Spanish.

Zenit. International agency in seven languages, included Arabic.

ACI Prensa. In Spanish and Portuguese. Focusing on Latin America, but not only.

CNA. Catholic News Agency. Created by ACI Prensa for English-speaking Catholics around the globe.

UCA News. Union of Catholic Asian News. With correspondents throughout all of Asia.

SIR. Agency of the Italian bishops.

CNS. Catholic News Service. Of the U.S. bishops’ conference.

InfoCatho. From the French bishops.

i.media. A French agency that specializes in the Vatican. By subscription only.

KIPA/APIC. A Swiss Catholic agency, in German and French.

KNA. Katholische Nachrichten-Agentur. Headquarters in Bonn.

KathNet. The christian world as seen from Austria. In German.

KathWeb. Catholic news agency published in Vienna.

CW News. Catholic World News. From the United States.

MISNA. Missionary International Service News Agency. Focused on the southern hemisphere.

ENI. Geneva-based Ecumenical News International.

RNS. Religion News Service. A coverage of Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Asian religions.