Religion
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...
Rome's Methodists remember Henry James Piggott.
A commemoration to mark the centenary of the death of Henry James Piggott, the founder of Wesleyan Methodist missions in Italy, will be held at the Non-Catholic Cemetery a...
Christmas tree and crib will remain in St Peter's Square until 7 January.
The Vatican’s giant nativity scene and Christmas tree will be unveiled officially in St Peter's Square at 16.30 on 7 December, according to a rep...
Health reasons cited for Vatican cigarette ban which takes effect in January.Pope Francis has ordered a ban on the sale of duty-free cigarettes inside the Vatican due to the adverse health effects of tobacco.
The ban,...
Pontiff to visit American military cemetery in Nettuno and Ardeatine Caves in Rome.
Pope Francis will pay homage to war victims during a visit to the American military cemetery in Nettuno, south of Rome, on the feast...
Archbishop of Canterbury installs Archbishop Bernard Ntahoturi in Rome ceremony.Archbishop Bernard Ntahoturi was installed as the new director of Rome's Anglican Centre by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, duri...
S. Susanna becomes St Patrick's Catholic American Parish in Rome.
Rome's American church, formerly S. Susanna, has moved from its Via XX Settembre base to take over St Patrick's church, until recently run by the Irish...
Tens of thousands of rose petals flutter through Pantheon oculus on 4 June.
The spectacular tradition of rose petals fluttering down through the oculus of the Pantheon can be enjoyed on Sunday 4 June following 10.30 M...
Private meeting in Vatican lasted half hour.
Donald Trump, the president of the United States, met Pope Francis in the Vatican at 08.30 on Wednesday 24 May.
The private meeting lasted around 30 minutes and was held...
Authorities remove Pope Francis murals from Borgo and Piazza Navona.
A mural depicting Pope Francis kissing a devilish Donald Trump appeared on Via del Banco di S. Spirito in Rome's Borgo area near the Vatican on 11 M...
40 new Swiss Guards sworn in on 6 May.
40 new papal Swiss Guards were sworn in on 6 May, after taking a solemn oath of allegiance to the pope at a ceremony in the S. Damaso courtyard of the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace....
US president to visit Vatican on 24 May.
Pope Francis will meet with US president Donald Trump at the Vatican on the morning of 24 May, the Holy See press office has announced.
Trump will also meet with the Vatican...
Lent fundraising proceeds to be sent to Aleppo and Addis Ababa.
Each year during the six weeks of Lent, Churches Together, an ecumenical fellowship comprising 12 mainly English-speaking churches in Rome, raises money...
English-language religious services in Rome during Easter Week.
VATICAN CEREMONIES
13 April. Holy Thursday. Chrism Mass, Vatican Basilica, 09.30.
14 April. Good Friday. Papal Mass, Vatican Basilica 17.00, Way of the...
Collins quits panel on protecting children over "lack of cooperation" from Curia.
Marie Collins, an Irish woman who was a victim of clerical sexual abuse as a girl, has resigned from the Pontifical Commission for the...
Papal visit to celebrate 200th anniversary of All Saints' Anglican Church.
Pope Francis will make an historic visit to All Saints’ Anglican Church on Via del Babuino on 26 February to mark the 200th anniversary of the...
Menorah exhibition result of unprecedented inter-religious cultural collaboration.
The Vatican Museums and the Jewish Museum of Rome will present their first joint exhibition in a move that is seen as underlining the...
Anti-Pope Francis posters coincide with Knights of Malta feud.
Rome police have launched an investigation into the appearance of dozens of illegal posters critical of Pope Francis posted around the capital during the...
Pope Francis requests Vatican coat of arms and EU stars to replace his face on coins.
The Vatican will cease minting euro coins bearing the image of Pope Francis from March, according to Italian news agency ANSA.
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Pope Francis asks Grand Master of Malta to resign.
The head of the Knights of Malta, an ancient Catholic order, has agreed to Pope Francis' request for him to resign from his post, following a row relating to the orde...
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