Each year, the Italian state police lead a parade down Via della Conciliazione, the main street leading toward the Vatican, to St. Peter’s Square as part of the day’s celebrations. Kristina ...

Templars Today, a private association of lay faithful, signed an agreement with the Vatican’s Dicastery for Evangelization to ...

Franciscan Sister Raffaella Petrini will become head of the General Secretariat of the Government of the Vatican City State ...

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He adds that the church is "governed using the head and ... Angelus blessing from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square on January 12, 2025 in Vatican City, Vatican.

A 13th-century fresco rediscovered in Ferrara, Italy, provides unique evidence of medieval churches using Islamic tents to conceal their high altars. The 700-year-old fresco is thought to be the only ...

The pope revealed in 2023 that he doesn't want to be buried at St. Peter's Basilica, the final resting place for many former pontiffs. Instead, he has chosen his favorite church in Rome ...

An Italian association for LGBTQ+ Christians ... registered to make a pilgrimage together through the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. The celebration of a Holy Year every ...

The flagship of the Italian Navy “Amerigo Vespucci” has been designated ... Groups will then undertake a pilgrimage to the Holy Door in St. Peter's Basilica, before attending the Sunday Mass presided ...

While many people around the world seek a blessing for their animals around the Oct. 4 feast of St. Francis of Assisi, in ...

the department responsible for all the church’s religious orders, at the Vatican. (Vatican Media via AP) Pope Francis waves during the Angelus noon prayer on the occasion of the Epiphany day from the ...