The late Cardinal Pell was a larger-than-life figure known for his outspoken orthodoxy and bluntness, as well as for being infamously jailed and then dramatically exonerated by the Australian courts. But what was Pell like […]
Isabella Salandri gives visitors a preview tour of the Vatican Gardens in Vatican City on Aug. 23, 2024. / Credit: Hannah Brockhaus/CNA
Vatican City, Aug 29, 2024 / 11:18 am (CNA).
The Vatican Museums this summer introduced a new family-friendl… […]
Pope Francis greets altar servers from France in 2022. / Credit: Vatican Media
Vatican City, Jul 29, 2024 / 18:15 pm (CNA).
More than 50,000 pilgrims representing 88 dioceses across 20 European countries have descended upon Rome this week to pa… […]
The kids and Pope Francis released biodegradable balloons into the sky together on July 18, 2024. The Vatican said the message, “You, dear boy, dear girl, are precious in God’s eyes,” was stamped on the balloons “with the hope that the message w… […]
Rose petals fall in St. Mary Major Basilica Aug. 5, 2017 to commemorate the "miracle of the snow." / Daniel Ibanez/CNA.
Vatican City, Jul 12, 2024 / 11:25 am (CNA).
Pope Francis will join Rome’s celebrations this year of the fourth-ce… […]
A 1775 painting of the fireworks over Castel Sant’Angelo in Rome, painted by Jakob Philipp Hackert. / Credit: Public Domain
Rome Newsroom, Jun 29, 2024 / 05:00 am (CNA).
For the past 500 years, the Vatican has celebrated the solemnity of Sts. P… […]
Workers in Rome discovered a centuries-old skeleton during a June 2024 construction dig near the Vatican for one of the building projects for the Catholic Church’s 2025 Jubilee. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA
Rome Newsroom, Jun 11, 2024 / 10:15 am… […]
Pope Francis gazes over the ancient ruins of the Roman Forum with Rome Mayor Roberto Gualtieri during a visit to Rome’s historic Capitoline Hill on June 10, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media
Rome Newsroom, Jun 10, 2024 / 13:00 pm (CNA).
Pope Franci… […]
Building of the general curia of the Jesuit order on Borgo Santo Spirito, Rome. / Credit: Boubloub, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Rome Newsroom, Jun 5, 2024 / 11:15 am (CNA).
Approximately 20 theologians are in Rome for 10 days of prepara… […]
Workers at the baldacchino in St. Peter’s Basilica. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez
Rome Newsroom, Feb 27, 2024 / 09:00 am (CNA).
Restoration work has begun on the baldacchino over the main altar of St. Peter’s Basilica designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini… […]
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