Conclave: What happens when a Pope dies and how is a new Pontiff selected?
The Dean in the film Conclave is the role that Cardinal Lawrence (Fiennes) fulfils. After the death, nine days of mourning ...
5 Perfect Day Trips from Rome To Escape the Jubilee Rush
Rome will be clogged with tourists and pilgrims all year round. Need to escape the rush? Head out on these day trips from ...
The expert travellers' guide to visiting Rome in 2025
With more than 900    churches, hundreds of palazzos, 10 World Heritage Sites and 280 fountains (the Trevi alone sees some 700,000 euros in coin donations every year), Rome can be an overwhelming city ...
Vatican cancels audiences, Holy Year events as pope remains hospitalized with respiratory infection
The Vatican has canceled papal audiences through the weekend and delegated others to cover for Pope Francis as the ...
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Vatican shares ailing Pope Francis’ weekly catechesis: ‘Jesus Christ our hope’
Reflecting on the visit of the Magi to the child Jesus, the pope encouraged Christians to follow in the footsteps of these ...
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Nun takes top Vatican job running city state administration
But during a 2023 Women's Day speech at Rome's Pontifical Holy Cross university, she acknowledged that her nomination as secretary general of the Vatican City State had raised eyebrows ...
Another woman takes over a top job at the Vatican, this time running the city state administration
ROME (AP) — Another woman is taking over a top management job in the Vatican: Sister Raffaella Petrini, an Italian nun, was ...