Religion
Rome Christmas crib with life-size figures in cardboard.
Rome presents the world's largest Nativity scene made from cardboard, on display at the city hall's parish church of S. Marco Evangelista, just off Piazza Venezia...
Vatican to switch on Christmas tree lights on 5 December 2019.
This year's Christmas tree in St Peter's Square will come from the centuries-old forests in northern Italy that were devastated by storms in November 2018....
Italian culture minister sanctions €25 million to complete museum.
Italy's culture minister Dario Franceschini has sanctioned state funds of €25 million - cancelled by the previous government - to complete the National...
Rome honours former chief rabbi with street in Jewish Ghetto.
Rome is to dedicate a street to Elio Toaff, the chief rabbi of Rome from 1951 until 2001, in the Jewish Ghetto district of the capital on 31 October.
The...
Public holiday in Italy on 1 November 2019.
All Saints’ Day, or Ognissanti, on Friday 1 November is a public holiday in Italy, meaning a long holiday weekend for most people.
The annual holiday comes the day after Ha...
Religious radio station publishes carta d'identità for Jesus.
Radio Maria, the Italian-based Catholic broadcaster, has caused controversy among its faithful followers after it posted a picture on social media of an iden...
John Henry Newman's first sermon in Rome, soon after he arrived to study for the priesthood in 1846, raised eyebrows among Catholics and Protestants alike.
John Henry Newman (1801-1890) ordained priest in the Church of...
Nobody injured as fragments fell from ceiling of St Peter's.
Fragments from the ceiling of St Peter's Basilica fell to the ground during a Mass celebrated by Pope Francis on the afternoon of 4 October.
There was nobo...
Prince of Wales to lead UK delegation to see John Henry Newman declared a saint.
The Prince of Wales will attend the canonisation ceremony of Blessed Cardinal John Henry Newman at St Peter's Square in the Vatican on 13...
Vatican police arrest man under Bernini's baldacchino.
A man was arrested by Vatican gendarmes for throwing a candelabra off the main altar in St Peter's Basilica on the morning of 4 September.
The man climbed onto t...
Pontiff got stuck in a lift for 25 minutes.
Pope Francis was late for the traditional midday appointment for the Angelus in St Peter's Square on 1 September, after getting stuck in an elevator for 25 minutes.
Apologisi...
Matteo Bruni takes over from the Holy See's interim press spokesman Alessandro Gisotti.
Pope Francis has appointed British-born Matteo Bruni as new director of the Holy See's press office, effective from 22 July, accord...
Two ossuaries found under the Teutonic College in Vatican City will be examined forensically on 20 July.
The Vatican is to carry out forensic tests on bones discovered during new excavations in the ongoing search for th...
Ancient religious festival held in Rome's Trastevere every July.
The annual Festa de’ Noantri takes place in the Rome district of Trastevere from 15-29 July. Central to the festival, which dates back to the start of t...
Bishop of Rome expresses concern for capital.Rome has become "a city of decay and neglect" according to Pope Francis who was speaking during a Mass for Corpus Christi in the Tiburtina district on 23 June.
The pontiff ap...
English-language religious services in Rome and the Vatican during Easter Week 2019.Vatican ceremonies 18 April. Holy Thursday. Chrism Mass, Vatican Basilica, 09.30.19 April. Good Friday. Papal Mass, Vatican Basilica 17...
For 60 days pilgrims in Rome can climb original marble stairs on their knees.
Rome's Scala Santa or Holy Stairs - a sacred staircase which Christ is said to have ascended to be sentenced to crucifixion by Pontius Pilate...
Francis will be fourth pope to visit Campidoglio.
Pope Francis will visit Rome city council at the Campidoglio on 26 March, following an invitation from the capital's mayor Virginia Raggi.
Francis will become the fourt...
Swiss Guards replace cast iron helmets with lighter headgear.The Vatican's Swiss Guards have begun to replace their traditional cast iron helmets with much lighter headgear in PVC, produced with the aid of 3D printing te...
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints opens near Porta di Roma.
Europe's largest Mormon temple has opened in the north-east fringe of Rome, just inside the city's ring road, following a decade of construction....
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