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Vatican to hold 'Midnight Mass' at 19.30 on Christmas Eve.
Pope Francis will celebrate the traditional Christmas Eve Mass two hours earlier than normal to keep in line with Italy's covid-19 curfew, announced the Vatican...
Christmas magic comes to Piazza S. Pietro.
The Vatican will light up its 2020 Christmas tree and inaugurate its Nativity scene in St Peter's Square at 16.30 on Friday 11 December, reports Vatican News.
The monumental...
Vatican had announced that pontiff would not be making traditional pilgrimage to avoid covid-19 contagion among crowds.
Pope Francis made a surprise visit to the statue of the Immaculate Conception near the Spanish Step...
Annual religious procession was cancelled due to covid-19.
When covid-19 caused the cancellation of an annual procession to venerate Saint Barbara, the patron of the central Italian town of Rieti, disappointed residents...
100 Presepi moves to colonnade of Piazza S. Pietro.
The 2020 edition of 100 Presepi, Rome's international Nativity crib exhibition, will be held under the colonnade of St Peter's Square, from 13 December until 10 Januar...
Pontiff will not make annual pilgrimage on 8 December this year, breaking a tradition dating back to 1953.
Pope Francis has cancelled his annual pilgrimage into the centre of Rome for the feast of the Immaculate Concept...
Covid-19 won't stop the Vatican from bringing Christmas cheer to Piazza S. Pietro.
The Vatican is scheduled to illuminate its 2020 Christmas tree and Nativity scene in St Peter's Square at 16.30 on Friday 11 December, i...
All Saints’ Day, or Ognissanti, on Sunday 1 November is a public holiday in Italy.
However this year it falls on a Sunday so it won't make any difference to the closure of schools or public offices.
The celebration o...
Pontiff signals support for same-sex civil unions in comments likely to spark controversy.
Pope Francis called for legislation for civil union laws for same-sex couples, saying that gay couples deserve legal recognition...
Vatican steps up restrictions as Swiss Guards test positive for covid-19.
Four Swiss Guards at the Vatican have tested positive for coronavirus, leading the Holy See to further tighten its restrictions, reports Italian...
Pope Francis accepts the sudden resignation of a senior Vatican cardinal who will no longer be entitled to vote in conclave.
Cardinal Angelo Becciu, one of the Vatican's highest-ranking cardinals, resigned unexpectedly...
Faithful can begin attending weekly Wednesday audience with Pope Francis in September.
The faithful will be readmitted to the pope's weekly general audiences starting on Wednesday 2 September, the Prefecture of the Papa...
Vatican confirms that Pope Emeritus Benedict is in Germany.
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI travelled to Germany today to visit his brother Monsignor Georg Ratzinger who is aged 96 and in ailing health, reports Vatican News....
Karol Wojtyła was born 100 years ago today.
Pope Francis will offer Mass at the altar of the tomb of St John Paul II in St Peter’s Basilica on 18 May, to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of the Polish pontiff, bo...
Italian church leaders wish to resume religious ceremonies while respecting health regulations.
Italy's Conference of Bishops (CEI) is to ask the government to be permitted to resume public Masses and religious ceremoni...
This year the Vatican's Via Crucis, or Way of the Cross, ceremony is being held in front of St Peter's Basilica, instead of at the Colosseum, at 21.00. Watch it live on the Vatican Media channel, with English commentary....
Pope Francis celebrates Easter ceremonies at St Peter's without the faithful.
Easter at the Vatican will be very different in 2020.
Like Italy, Vatican City is in lockdown, due to the Coronavirus pandemic, meaning majo...
Pontiff visited two Rome churches to pray for the Coronavirus to end.
Pope Francis left the Vatican on Sunday afternoon for a surprise visit to two Rome churches to pray for the end of the Coronavirus pandemic that has...
Pope Francis urges priests not to abandon faithful in time of crisis.
Rome’s parish churches have reopened to the faithful for private prayer after being closed for less than a day.
Every church in the Diocese of Rom...
Vicar of Rome orders closure of Rome's churches until 3 April.
All Catholic churches in Rome have been closed to the faithful until 3 April, in line with Italy's total shutdown as the country battles a worsening Coronav...
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