Religion
A number of churches in Rome offer English language religious services over the Christmas season. For the Pope’s programme see the Vatican calendar of religious celebrations.
All Saints' Anglican Church
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Rome's nativity cribs over Christmas season.
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St Peter's Christmas tree and crib to mark the Holy Jubilee Year of Mercy.
The Vatican will unveil the St Peter's Square Christmas tree on 8 December, coinciding with the first day of the Holy Jubilee Year of Mercy, r...
Vatican charges two Italian journalists with crime.
The representative for freedom of the media at the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has called on the Vatican to withdraw its criminal accu...
Rome's public transport and tourist sites to get extra security.
Rome will have more than 2,000 extra police officers on duty from 23 November, 15 days before the Vatican's Holy Jubilee of Mercy begins on 8 December....
Rome Muslims demonstrate against Paris killings.
Muslims in Rome will demonstrate in Piazza SS. Apostoli in the centre of Rome to protest against terrorist violence in the name of Islam on Saturday 21 November.
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Latest threat to Vatican reforms.
The script is better than a Dan Brown novel. A middle-aged good-looking Spanish priest associated with the ultra conservative religious order Opus Dei has been arrested and thrown int...
Pope Francis to say Mass for All Saints at Campo Verano.
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Italian newspaper carries exclusive report of a curable brain tumour.
The Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi has denied a report that Pope Francis has a benign and curable brain tumor.
The report was carried by QN...
Vatican launching train tour from Vatican City to Castel Gandolfo gardens.
The Vatican Museums is launching a new tour by train from the Vatican train station directly to the papal gardens at Castel Gandolfo, 25 km...
Toaff remembered for historic meeting with Pope John Paul II.
Rome's former Chief Rabbi Elio Toaff died on 19 April, two weeks before his 100th birthday.
Toaff served as the Rome's chief rabbi for 51 years, until 2...
Street closures and bus detours for Good Friday ceremony
Via dei Fori Imperiali will be completely closed to traffic on 3 April, from 09.00 until midnight, to make way for crowds coming to see Pope Francis lead the tr...
English-language religious services in Rome during Easter Week
VATICAN CEREMONIES
2 April. Holy Thursday. Chrismal Mass, Vatican Basilica, 09.30
3 April. Good Friday. Papal Mass, St Peter's Basilica 17.00, Way of...
Visit for group of 150 followed by dinner.
A group of 150 homeless people will be taken on a private guided tour of the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel on the afternoon of 26 March, according to Vatican newspaper L...
Carpenters honour their patron saint.
On 22 March the carpenters of Via Urbana will organise a procession in Rome’s Monti neighbourhood.
Every year, the carpenters’ guild of Via Urbana honours its patron, St Joseph...
Rome International Church launches on 25 January
The Rome International Church holds its first public worship service at St George's British International School in the La Storta district of north Rome at 11.00 on 25...
Religious feast forms backdrop to day of festivities and shopping in Rome
On 6 January, Italians celebrate the religious feast of the Epiphany or the more popular one of La Befana. It is a public holiday across Italy...
English language religious services in churches in Rome over Christmas
Wanted in Rome has compiled a list of English language religious services in Rome over Christmas. For Pope Francis' programme see the Vatican cale...
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