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Christmas tree illuminated in Piazza S. Pietro on 10 December.
The Vatican's Christmas tree and Nativity Scene in St Peter's Square was lit up under the rain on Friday evening.
The 113-year-old tree is a 28m-high spr...
Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Piazza S. Pietro on 10 December.
The Vatican's Christmas tree, a 28m-high spruce from the northern Trentino region of Italy, arrived in St Peter's Square on Tuesday morning.
The tr...
Christmas tree in Piazza S. Pietro will come from Trentino.
This year the Vatican will display a Nativity Scene with figurines dressed in Andean costumes in what will be the first Christmas crib in St Peter's Square to...
Prisoners cool down during the summer with gelato from the pope.
Pope Francis sent 15,000 ice creams to prisoners in two jails in Rome, the Vatican has announced, during Italy's record hot summer.
The pope's charity...
Pontiff checks out of Gemelli 10 days after intestinal surgery.
Pope Francis left Rome's Gemelli hospital on the morning of Wednesday 14 July, returning to the Vatican 10 days after undergoing colon surgery.
The news...
Pontiff remains in Rome hospital as he recovers from surgery.
Pope Francis will recite the Angelus on Sunday from Rome's Gemelli hospital, where he underwent colon surgery last weekend, the Vatican announced.
The 84-...
Pontiff underwent intestinal surgery in Rome hospital last night.
Pope Francis is “in good condition, alert and breathing on his own,” according to the Vatican, a day after the 84-year-old pontiff underwent surgery at R...
Pontiff hospitalised for first time since his election in 2013.
Pope Francis has "responded well" to colon surgery at Gemelli hospital in Rome, according to a statement released by the Vatican just before midnight last...
Rome marks Festa di SS. Pietro e Paolo on 29 June.
Rome celebrates its patron saints, Peter and Paul, with a public holiday in the Italian capital on Tuesday 29 June, with many Romans taking Monday off to make a four-...
Faithful can begin attending papal audience in person from 12 May.
Pope Francis will resume his weekly in-person audience with the faithful, beginning on Wednesday 12 May, the Vatican press office has announced.
The...
Vatican changes schedule of 2021 Holy Week ceremonies due to Italy's covid-19 restrictions.
The Holy Week and Easter ceremonies presided over by Pope Francis have been changed in line with covid-19 restrictions, for the...
God "cannot bless sin" said Vatican's doctrinal office.
The Vatican has ruled that the Catholic Church does not have the power to bless same-sex unions, saying that God "does not and cannot bless sin."
The ruling, is...
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is near Porta di Roma.
Europe's largest Mormon temple can be found in the north-east fringe of Rome, just inside the city's ring road, where it opened in early 2019 following...
Pope Francis sends best wishes to Vatican Radio staff on milestone anniversary.
Vatican Radio celebrates its 90th anniversary today, 12 February, with Pope Francis encouraging its staff to continue the mission of carryi...
Baptisms will take place in babies' home parishes instead of Vatican.
Pope Francis will not carry out the traditional baptism of babies on Sunday 10 January due to concerns over covid-19, the Vatican has announced.
T...
Vatican Secretary of State to celebrate New Year's Day Mass instead of Pope Francis.
Pope Francis will not preside over the Vatican's New Year's Eve and New Year's Day celebrations due to "painful sciatica," the Vatican...
Pope will not read Urbi et Orbi message from the balcony of St Peter's this year.
Pope Francis will deliver his traditional Christmas message indoors this year instead of from the outdoor central balcony of St Peter’s B...
Pope Francis turns 84 today.
Born in Buenos Aires on 17 December 1936, the son of Italian emigrants, Jorge Mario Bergoglio celebrates his birthday at the Vatican by going about his ordinary life.
His advanced age...
The blood of Naples' patron saint has failed to liquefy, causing unease among some superstitious Neapolitans who see it as a bad omen.The blood of S. Gennaro, the patron of Naples, failed to liquefy on 16 December in a r...
Nativity scene in St Peter's Square sparks widespread criticism.The Vatican's unconventional Nativity scene in St Peter's Square has provoked a wave of criticism in the press and has been ridiculed widely on social media...
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