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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....
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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...
No Mass for the faithful in Rome churches until 3 April. The Diocese of Rome has ordered the immediate suspension of all Masses for the faithful in churches throughout the capital, as part of the Vatican's response to...
Pontiff cancels several appointments due to a cold. Pope Francis, who has cancelled numerous events in recent days due to a heavy cold, has reportedly tested negative for the Coronavirus, according to a report in Rome d...
The Church of San Luigi dei Francesi in Rome, famous for Caravaggio's masterpiece "The Calling of St Matthew", closed today due to "precautionary measures" after a 43-year-old priest was hospitalized in Paris because fou...
Roman basilica near the Pantheon reopens on 18 February. Rome will reopen the Basilica di S. Maria sopra Minerva with a Mass at 18.00 on 18 February, the feast day of Blessed Fra Angelico, the Early Italian Renaissance...
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Pontiff had private meeting with woman after viral slapping incident. Pope Francis met the woman whose hand he slapped on New Year's Eve, several days after footage of the incident went viral. The pope met the woman...
Pontiff admits that even he sometimes loses his patience. Pope Francis has apologised for slapping a woman’s hand as he greeted pilgrims after visiting the Vatican's Nativity scene in St Peter's Square on New Year’s Eve...
English-language religious services in Rome over Christmas 2019.All Saints' Anglican ChurchVia del Babuino 153/b, tel. 0636001881.24 Dec. Crib Service 17.00, First Eucharist of Christmas 23.30.25 Dec. Said Eucharist 08.3...
Pope Francis will visit Rome's Spanish Steps during national public holiday on 8 December.On the feast of the Immaculate Conception on Sunday 8 December, Pope Francis will pay homage to the Virgin Mary by making a pilgri...
Rome Christmas crib with life-size figures in cardboard. Rome presents the world's largest Nativity scene made from cardboard, on display at the city hall's parish church of S. Marco Evangelista, just off Piazza Venezia...
Vatican to switch on Christmas tree lights on 5 December 2019. This year's Christmas tree in St Peter's Square will come from the centuries-old forests in northern Italy that were devastated by storms in November 2018....
Italian culture minister sanctions €25 million to complete museum. Italy's culture minister Dario Franceschini has sanctioned state funds of €25 million - cancelled by the previous government - to complete the National...
Rome honours former chief rabbi with street in Jewish Ghetto. Rome is to dedicate a street to Elio Toaff, the chief rabbi of Rome from 1951 until 2001, in the Jewish Ghetto district of the capital on 31 October. The...
Public holiday in Italy on 1 November 2019. All Saints’ Day, or Ognissanti, on Friday 1 November is a public holiday in Italy, meaning a long holiday weekend for most people. The annual holiday comes the day after Ha...
Religious radio station publishes carta d'identità for Jesus. Radio Maria, the Italian-based Catholic broadcaster, has caused controversy among its faithful followers after it posted a picture on social media of an iden...
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