Vatican News Scraper
Spider read vaticannews.va in 260 ms in a headless browser and returned 571 lines of clean markdown, including sections like "► UKRAINE", "Africa" and "Church in the World".
Franciscan Provincial Minister: School of St. Francis teaches the Gospel of peaceNew video widget for Catholic websites with Pope’s latest news and videosPope Leo XIV writes a note to Bishops inviting them to embed Vatican News' new video widget in the web pages of dioceses, parishes, and organizations linked to the Catholic Church, ...Your contribution for a great mission: support us in bringing the Pope's words into every home## ► #UKRAINEChurch in Uruguay: Pope’s visit will strengthen faith and hopeBishop Milton Tróccoli, President of the Uruguayan Bishops’ Conference, says Pope Leo XIV’s Apostolic Visit from 6 to 8 November will be a gift for the country and an opportunity to strengthen ...The Editorial Directorate of the Dicastery for Communication presents the documentary "Leone a Roma" ("Leo in Rome"), featuring interviews, archival footage, and images that retrace the years Robert ...## AfricaSIGNIS Africa renews its leadershipSIGNIS Africa, the Catholic association for media practitioners, has ushered in a new board of directors. For the first time since its inception in 2001, women make up the majority of the board. The ...Africa's Synodal Journey to 2028 Begins with Call to Build a Listening Church Across the ContinentCatholic Sisters in the Legal Profession called to prophetic witnessZimbabwe: Sacred Heart of Jesus lay association taking root in the Diocese of HwangeMozambique: "Let us be men and women of reconciliation and peace to build peace"## Church in the WorldArchbishop Colombo: Pope’s visit to Argentina will bring a message of peaceIndonesia: One Dollar, 219 ChurchesConfucian-Christian Colloquium Final Statement: Building a harmonious worldSIGNIS World Congress 2026: communication at the service of peace## World NewsUN concern over disrupted life in GazaLebanon’s children hit hard by overlapping crisesUS carries out 'heavy wave' of strikes on Iran- Open vaticannews.va in a real browser
- Wait for the page to finish rendering
- Collect the repeated result blocks
.item__info
The same call, in code.
The capture above came back as markdown. These examples add a key, so you get browser rendering, proxies, and concurrency on vaticannews.va.
import { SpiderBrowser } from "spider-browser";
const spider = new SpiderBrowser({
apiKey: process.env.SPIDER_API_KEY!,
stealth: 2,
});
await spider.connect();
const page = spider.page!;
await page.goto("https://vaticannews.va/");
// Wait for the page to finish rendering
await page.waitForSelector(".item__info");
// No selectors, no schema. Spider reads the page and names the fields.
const data = await page.scrape();
console.log(data);
await spider.close();import { SpiderBrowser } from "spider-browser";
const spider = new SpiderBrowser({
apiKey: process.env.SPIDER_API_KEY!,
});
await spider.connect();
const page = spider.page!;
await page.goto("https://www.vaticannews.va");
const data = await page.extractFields({
main_content: "body",
meta_description: "meta[name='description']",
site_url: "a[href="/en.html"]",
});
console.log(data);
await spider.close();Ready for volume? Get an API key →
Fields you can pull.
Spider names these from the page. The capture above came back as markdown; the same
call with return_format: "json" returns them as keys.
What vaticannews.va costs to scrape.
The capture above cost $0.000442 to fetch. Pricing is $1 per GB of pre-transformation bandwidth plus $0.001 per CPU minute, so a page like this one lands at a fraction of a cent. Failed requests are billed at $0.
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