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In the continuing absence of any date for the start of the conclave to elect the new pope the spotlight has turned to a quiet and unassuming Jesuit. Father Federico Lombardi is the head of the Vatican’s press offic...
A man dressed as a Catholic bishop attempted to gate-crash a private meeting of cardinals at the Vatican's Paul VI Hall on Monday 4 March, ahead of the forthcoming conclave to elect a new pope.
Ralph Napierski, though...
The Sistine Chapel was closed to the public as of 13.00 on Tuesday 5 March, in preparation for the upcoming conclave to elect a new pope, following the resignation of Benedict XVI on 28 February.
The announcement, whi...
Tourists and Rome residents have been joining lengthy queues to obtain the Vatican’s "Sede vacante" postage stamps, which went on sale on Friday 1 March following the retirement of Pope Benedict XVI the previous ev...
More than 50,000 people are expected to attend the weekly papal audience at 10.30 on the morning of Wednesday 27 February, in what is the last major public event of Pope Benedict XVI before he retires on Thursday 28 Febr...
The decision by the Scottish Cardinal, Keith O’Brien not to attend the conclave to elect the next pope in Rome in March means that the number of cardinal electors is now down to 115.
Cardinal O’Brien&rsquo...
It’s still just a guess, but the conclave of cardinals to elect the successor to Benedict XVI could open at the beginning of the second week of March.
This date would allow a seemly amount of time for Pope Bened...
A ban on the use of credit cards and bank cards in Vatican City ended on 12 February after having been in place since 1 January.
The new service was "guaranteed" by a deal with Swiss company Aduno Sa, according to Vat...
Pope Benedict XVI began his final round of public appearances as pontiff at 10.30 on Wednesday 13 February, two days after he announced that he would resign at the end of the month.
Speaking from the Vatican audience...
24 hours after the shock announcement of the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI on the morning of 11 February it was business as usual in a cold but sunny St Peter's Square.
The only difference was the excited, almost t...
In a shock development the Vatican has announced the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI. The 85-year-old pope is to step down on 28 February, in just over two weeks time.
The announcement comes just two days before the...
Dear Brothers,
I have convoked you to this Consistory, not only for the three canonizations, but also to communicate to you a decision of great importance for the life of the Church. After having repeatedly examined m...
Popes can, and do resign, but no pope has done so since 1415 when Gregory XII was asked to do so to help end the split in the Catholic Church known as the Great Western Schism.
The most famous pope to resign was Celes...
St Paul's Within the Walls, the American Episcopal Church of Rome, celebrates its 140th anniversary on Friday 25 January, on the festival of the conversion of St Paul. On the same day in 1873 the cornerstone of the churc...
Wanted in Rome has compiled a list of English language religious services in churches in Rome over Christmas. For the Pope’s programme see the Vatican calendar of religious celebrations.
All Saints Anglica...
On the feast of the Immaculate Conception on Saturday 8 December, Pope Benedict XVI pays homage to the Virgin Mary by making a pilgrimage to Piazza Mignanelli beside the Spanish Steps at 16.00. In an annual tradition dat...
The 37th edition of the annual international nativity crib exhibition 100 Presepi has opened in Piazza del Popolo's Sala del Bramante and runs daily throughout the Christmas season – including Christmas Day –...
On 1 December the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, representing the British royal family, attended a commemoration ceremony at Rome’s Venerable English College, marking the 650th anniversary of the building’s...
A special “Faith Scroll” has been inaugurated at the Opera Romana Pellegrinaggi (ORP) office beside St Peter's Square on 15 November.
The scroll is a social media project by the ORP – the Vatican-run...
The US ambassador to the Holy See, Miguel H. Diaz, is taking up a teaching position at the University of Dayton in Ohio.
The US embassy to the Holy See said that Diaz’s departure had been in the pipeline for som...
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