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World leaders to be seated according to Vatican protocols and the French alphabet. The dozens of world leaders and heads of state attending the funeral of Pope Francis on Saturday morning will be seated according to str...
Pope's funeral procession will be held at walking pace through the streets of Rome. The funeral of Pope Francis will be held in St Peter's Square at the Vatican on Saturday 26 April at 10.00, after three days of lying i...
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Tens of thousands of pilgrims flock to Rome ahead of papal funeral. Dozens of world leaders are expected to arrive in Rome this week to attend the funeral of Pope Francis at St Peter's Square in the Vatican on Saturday...
Italy marks Festa della Liberazione on 25 April. Rome's mayor Roberto Gualtieri visited the Historic Museum of the Liberation of Rome on Friday to mark Liberation Day, a national public holiday in Italy. Held annuall...
Rome marks 80th edition of Liberation Day in 2025. Italy on 25 April celebrates the Festa della Liberazione which marks the country’s liberation from German occupation and fascist rule at the end of world war two. A...
Who are the potential contenders to succeed Pope Francis? Predicting the outcome of the upcoming papal conclave to select the next pope is notoriously difficult, with Vatican experts and the media rarely getting it righ...
ANZAC Day to be marked at Rome War Cemetery. New Zealanders and Australians in Rome will commemorate ANZAC Day with a memorial service on Friday 25 April at 09.00. The service will take place at the Rome War Cemetery...
How a 19th-century protest folk song became the anthem of Italy's anti-fascist Resistance. Every year on 25 April, Bella Ciao is sung across Italy on the Festa della Liberazione which marks the country’s liberation from...
Queues around the clock as mourners flock to St Peter's. The Vatican kept the doors of St Peter's Basilica open all night on Wednesday to cope with the huge crowds of mourners lining up to see Pope Francis lying in stat...
Italy marks 80 years since liberation from Nazi occupation and fascist rule. Italy celebrates Liberation Day, known in Italian as Festa della Liberazione, with a national public holiday each year on 25 April. In addi...
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A local's guide to the best events and things to do in Rome in May.May is one of the best times to visit Rome as spring is in full bloom and temperatures become warmer, with many events moving outdoors. Here are some tip...
The British Spies Who Helped Free Italy: The Secret Missions of Cecil Richard Mallaby and the SOE.During the Second World War, while armies clashed across Europe, a quieter, more covert battle was being fought behind ene...
Israel's withdrawal of condolences for Pope Francis sparks diplomatic tensions. The Israeli government retracted an online message offering condolences over the death of Pope Francis, who died on Monday aged 88, sparkin...
Papal Succession: Mourning, Transition and the Election of a New Pope The death of a pope marks the beginning of a solemn and deeply symbolic transition for the Catholic Church. After the official confirmation of death,...
Festa della Liberazione is a public holiday in Italy. Italy will open its state museums and archaeological sites for free on Friday 25 April for the 2025 edition of Liberation Day, or Festa della Liberazione, the cultur...
Rome boosts public transport to deal with crowds. The faithful will be able to pay their final respects to Pope Francis whose body will lie in state in St Peter's Basilica from Wednesday until Friday, the Vatican said....
Italian culture ministry pays tribute to Francis. Rome's Colosseum will be plunged into darkness on Tuesday night as a "sign of mourning" for Pope Francis who died on Monday aged 88, Italy's culture ministry has announc...
Rome makes arrangements for pope's funeral. The Italian government on Tuesday declared five national days of mourning for Pope Francis who died in the Vatican on 21 April, Easter Monday, at the age of 88. The five-da...
Pope Francis's body to lie in state in St Peter's from Wednesday. The funeral of Pope Francis who died on Monday aged 88 will take place in St Peter's on Saturday 26 April at 10.00, the Vatican has confirmed.   The fu...
In his will, Pope Francis asked for simple tomb. The Vatican on Tuesday morning released photographs of Pope Francis laid out in state in the Casa Marta chapel following his death on Monday at the age of 88. The move...
Cardinal Farrell is acting head of the Vatican until a new pontiff is elected. Who is running the Vatican after the death of Pope Francis and what is the role of a camerlengo? These are questions that many people beg...
Vatican releases Pope Francis' death certificate. Pope Francis died of a cerebral stroke and irreversible cardiovascular arrest, falling into a coma before he died, according to his death certificate released by the Vat...
Pope Francis died at Vatican aged 88. Italy's president Sergio Mattarella led tributes to Pope Francis who died at the Vatican on 21 April, Easter Monday, at the age of 88. "The death of Pope Francis arouses pain and...
Francis' pontificate was marked by milestone reforms and papal firsts. Pope Francis, who died in the Vatican on 21 April aged 88, served as pontiff for just over 12 years. The Argentine pontiff had been recovering fr...
Pontiff served 12 years at helm of Catholic Church. Pope Francis died in the Vatican on 21 April, Easter Monday, aged 88. The news was announced by Cardinal Kevin Farrell, the Vatican camerlengo. "At 7:35 this mor...
Rome marks Natale di Roma on 21 April.Rome celebrates 2,778 years today, Monday 21 April, in a popular birthday tradition called Natale di Roma.The annual celebration - known in ancient times as Dies Romana or Romaia - i...
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