Christmas tree will stay in place until 12 January.
The Vatican's Christmas tree arrived in St Peter's Square on Thursday amid controversy, after an appeal to Pope Francis to spare the 200-year-old fir was ignored.
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40,000 people sign petition to save 'Green Giant' tree from being chopped down and taken to St Peter's Square in Rome.
A controversy has broken out over this year's Christmas tree in the Vatican, destined to come from t...
Venerable English College in Rome opens to the public for tours for the first time ever.
Rome's Venerable English College, the oldest British institution outside the UK, is opening its doors for guided tours for the fir...
Italian friar seeks to attract young people to Mass.
A Franciscan friar has sparked controversy in Italy over his "2 for 1" offer of a free spritz after Mass to churchgoers in Urbino on Sunday evenings.
A poster adve...
Pope Francis to attend Rome celebrations in honour of fourth-century miracle snowfall in August.
Rome celebrates La Madonna della Neve (Our Lady of the Snows) by recreating a miracle snowfall outside the Basilica di S....
Italian nun entered the convent 88 years ago.
Sister Serafina, the oldest nun in Europe, has died in Rome at the age of 111.
Born Anna La Morgia in 1913, Suor Serafina joined the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Hear...
Historic event returns to the streets of Trastevere from 20-28 July 2024.
Rome is steeped in religious traditions however few are as popular as the Festa de' Noantri which has attracted large crowds every summer for alm...
43 years ago today gun shots in Rome rang out around the world.
Today is the 43rd anniversary of the near-fatal assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II, an event that stunned the world.
On the fateful day - 13 May...
Swiss Guards have protected popes for more than 500 years.
Each year on 6 May the Vatican holds a pomp-filled ceremony to swear in new recruits into the Pontifical Swiss Guards, among the oldest standing armies in the w...
Swiss Guards celebrate 518 years in 2024.
The Vatican will hold its annual ceremony to swear in new recruits into the Swiss Guards, the world's smallest army, on Monday 6 May.
The pomp-filled event, held in the S. Da...
Way of the Cross at Colosseum in 2024.
The annual Via Crucis or Way of the Cross ceremony led by Pope Francis will take place at the Colosseum on Good Friday, 29 March, from 21.00 until 23.30.
The torchlit procession...
English-language religious services in Rome at Easter.
All Saints’ Anglican Church, Via del Babuino 153/b, tel. 0636001881.24 March. Palm Sunday 10.30.28 March. Maundy Thursday Eucharist. 19.00.29 March. Good Friday. Th...
Becciu expected to appeal sentence by Vatican court.
Cardinal Angelo Becciu was convicted by a Vatican criminal court on Saturday of embezzlement and fraud and sentenced to five and a half years in jail in a historic ru...
Italy marks 800 years since first Nativity scene in Greccio.
The pilgrimage town of Assisi in Italy's central Umbria region lights up this Christmas in honour of the first living Nativity scene created by St Francis in...
Pontiff says he will simplify papal funeral ritual.
Pope Francis said his tomb is "already prepared" in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome, in an exclusive interview with Mexican broadcaster N+, reported by th...
Jesolo hosts 12 giant sand sculptures this Christmas
Sculptors from around the world return to Jesolo, a seaside resort near Venice in north-east Italy, for an annual sand festival dedicated to religious art.
The 202...
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