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Virtual tour of restored catacombs available on Google Maps
The Vatican reopened the newly-restored catacombs of Priscilla to the public on 19 November following a five-year restoration project.
Located along the V...
Kenneth F. Hackett officially became the new US ambassador to the Holy See after presenting his credentials to Pope Francis on 21 October.
Ambassador Hackett has a four decade-long association with the Catholic Relief...
IOR account closures part of ongoing Vatican reform
The Vatican Bank has closed the bank accounts of four foreign embassies accredited to the Holy See, because of suspiciously large cash withdrawls and deposits...
Two popes to be canonised on same day
Pope John Paul II will be proclaimed a saint on 27 April next year, Divine Mercy Sunday, along with Pope John XXIII who was responsible for calling the reforming Second Vatican Co...
Pope Francis met asylum seekers at the Associazione Centro Astalli, a Jesuit-run refugee centre on Via degli Astalli near Piazza Venezia, on 10 September.
During the visit he said that empty church buildings should be...
Pope Francis will become the subject of a movie directed by fellow Argentine Alejandro Agresti, according to reports in Variety magazine.
The biopic titled Historia de un Cura (A Priest's Tale) will star Rodrigo de la...
The Vatican's new secretary of state, Archbishop Pietro Parolin, takes up his new appointment on 15 October. The Italian archbishop becomes the youngest cleric to occupy the post since the 1930s.
Pope Francis' choice...
Pope John Paul II may be canonised by the end of this year after a second miracle attributed to him was approved by the Vatican's Congregation for the Causes of Saints on 2 July. Pending the signature of Pope Francis, th...
In a further break from tradition, Pope Francis will forgo the traditional retreat to the papal summer residence at Castel Gandolfo, located about 25km south-east of the capital. The announcement was made by the Vatican...
The newly-installed Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby will visit Pope Francis on 14 June, the Vatican has confirmed.
It will mark the first meeting between Pope Francis and the new head of the Church of England an...
Archbishop David Moxon has become the Archbishop of Canterbury’s representative to the Holy See and director of the Anglican Centre in Rome, following the retirement in mid-April of the centre’s former direct...
The street performer who dressed as Blessed John Paul II and posed for tourists on Via dei Fori Imperiali was detained by police on 10 May on charges of “usurpation of title”.
The Slovakian, who bears a st...
A man dressed as Blessed John Paul II has been confounding tourists on Via dei Fori Imperiali in recent days.
The Slovakian, who bears a striking resemblance to the late Polish pontiff, wears a white cassock and...
There were 35 new papal Swiss Guards sworn in on the afternoon of 6 May, after they took a solemn oath of allegiance to the pope at a ceremony in the S. Damaso courtyard of the Apostolic Palace.
The colourful ce...
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is expected to move into his new Vatican residence on Thursday 2 May, according to Vatican spokesperson Father Federico Lombardi.
Benedict XVI has been staying at Castel Gandolfo...
Pope Francis formally took possession of the Basilica of St John Lateran, the official seat of the Bishop of Rome, on Sunday 7 April.
Large crowds attended the two-hour ceremony which completed the pope’s instal...
While much of the international focus was on Pope Francis delivering his first Urbi et Orbi Easter Sunday address in Piazza S. Pietro, another significant religious event was taking place in the suburbs to the east of th...
Via dei Fori Imperiali will be closed to traffic on 29 March from 19.00-23.30 to make way for crowds coming to see Pope Francis lead the traditional Good Friday "Via Crucis" ceremony at the Colosseum at 21.15.
The Met...
Linda Bordoni recorded this interview for the English Programme of Vatican Radio with Beatrice Carafa d’Andria, a volunteer in the juvenile prison where Pope Francis washed the feet of 12 young offenders on Holy T...
English-language religious services in Rome during Easter Week. The Vatican Easter ceremonies are being conducted by the newly-elected Pope Francis who, in addition to the public events, will celebrate the Mass of the Lo...
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