Religion
Vatican to inaugurate new energy-saving led lighting scheme on 25 January.
The Vatican has installed a new led lighting system in the interior of St Peter's Basilica following a two-year project carried out by the Germa...
Roof of 16th-century church at Roman Forum collapsed last summer.
The central Rome church of S. Giuseppe dei Falegnami, whose roof collapsed on 30 August, will reopen to visitors during the Christmas period, from 22 Dec...
English-language religious services in Rome over Christmas 2018.
All Saints' Anglican ChurchVia del Babuino 153/b, tel. 0636001881.24 Dec. Crib Service for children 17.00, First Eucharist of Christmas 23.30.25 Dec. Said...
Nativity scene in St Peter's Square is break with tradition for Vatican.
The Vatican has unveiled a giant Nativity scene which was built using 720 tons of compacted sand from Jesolo near Venice.Professional sand artist...
43rd edition of Christmas crib exhibition to be held on Via della Conciliazione from 7 December until 13 January 2019.The 2018 edition of 100 Presepi, Rome's international nativity crib exhibition, moves to Via della Con...
Pope's Lamborghini is prize in online fundraising campaign for charity.
Pope Francis has put his white Lamborghini sports car up for raffle a second time after the final bidder at a previous charity auction in May faile...
Pope Francis will visit Rome's Spanish Steps during national public holiday on 8 December.On the feast of the Immaculate Conception on Saturday 8 December, Pope Francis will pay homage to the Virgin Mary by making a pilg...
Vatican installs new lighting system for Michelangelo sculpture in St Peter's.
The Pietà, Michelangelo's marble masterpiece in St Peter's Basilica, has been illuminated using new LED lights with warm white tones.The new...
Notte Bianca at 19 Rome churches on night of 11 August.
Pope Francis will hold a prayer vigil at Rome's Circus Maximus on the evening of Saturday 11 August ahead of October's Synod of Bishops on Young People, the Faith...
Rome religious art affected by recent wave of vandalism and theft.The marble tomb of the Early Italian Renaissance painter Blessed Fra Angelico has been vandalised at the church of S. Maria sopra Minerva in central Rome....
Israeli rabbis say Rome's carciofi alla giudia not kosher.
Rome's Jewish community is contesting a ruling by the Israeli rabbinate which says that carciofi alla giudia, a signature Roman-Jewish dish, is non-kosher, acco...
Heavy security and free museums in Rome for Easter 2018.
Easter in Rome is taking place amid tight security in the centre and the Vatican, particularly surrounding religious ceremonies for Holy Week.The increased securi...
Basilica is partially sealed-off but remains open to visitors.The Vatican has sealed off part of St Peter’s Basilica after chunks of stucco fell from the ceiling during visiting time on the afternoon of 29 March.Nobody w...
English-language religious services in Rome during Easter Week.VATICAN CEREMONIES29 March. Holy Thursday. Chrism Mass, Vatican Basilica, 09.30.30 March. Good Friday. Papal Mass, Vatican Basilica 17.00, Way of the Cross,...
Metro Colosseo to close on 30 March ahead of papal ceremony.
The Colosseum and Roman Forum are expected to close for security reasons at lunchtime on Friday 30 March ahead of the traditional Good Friday Via Crucis cerem...
Rome's Carnevale season ends on 13 February ahead of Lent.
Ash Wednesday or mercoledì delle ceneri signifies the first day of Lent in the Christian calendar and this year occurs on 14 February. It marks the end of Carne...
There are numerous English language religious services in Rome over Christmas.All Saints' Anglican ChurchVia del Babuino 153/b, tel. 0636001881.24 Dec. Crib Service for children 17.00, First Eucharist of Christmas 23.30....
Trump's ambassador to Vatican begins new role day after attending funeral of Cardinal Law.The new US ambassador to the Holy See Callista Gingrich presented her credentials to Pope Francis on 22 December, marking the offi...
Disgraced American cardinal was at centre of Boston child sexual abuse scandal.Cardinal Bernard Law, the former Archbishop of Boston who presided over a massive cover-up of clerical child sexual abuse, has died in a Rome...
Rome displays a variety of Christmas cribs, from traditional to unconventional, during the festive season each year.The 42nd edition of 100 Presepi, the international nativity crib exhibition, takes place at Sala del Bra...
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