Vatican appeals court upholds conviction of climate activists
By Cindy Wooden, CNS – The Vatican City appeals court upheld the conviction of two Italian climate activists who glued...
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Woe to those who end up in media ‘meat grinder,’ papal preacher says
By Carol Glatz , CNS – The media and social networks can be crueller than wild beasts, the preacher of...
Vatican aims to draw young ‘digital pilgrims’ to Rome’s papal basilicas
By Justin McLellan, CNS – The Vatican is seeking to draw pilgrims to the four historic papal basilicas scattered around...
Bernini’s baldachin masterpiece disappears from public view until Holy Year
By Carol Glatz, CNS – Like a giant Tinkertoy construction, a skeletal tower of scaffolding slowly inched its way up...
Pope, cardinals continue discussion of role of women in the church
By Cindy Wooden, CNS — With the help of a woman Anglican bishop, a Salesian sister and a consecrated virgin,...
300 parish priests to participate in Vatican synod meeting, meet with pope
By Justin McLellan, CNS – Three hundred parish priests from all over the world will come to Rome and make...
Canopy over main altar of St Peter’s Basilica to undergo restoration
By Justin McLellan, CNS – The nearly 400-year-old sculpted canopy towering over the main altar of St. Peter’s Basilica will...
Vatican reports 20 missionaries murdered in 2023
By Carol Glatz, CNS – In its annual report on Catholic missionaries murdered during the year, the Vatican-based news agency,...
Vatican to publish ‘private’ homilies of late Pope Benedict
By Cindy Wooden, CNS – The Vatican publishing house announced it will release a book of some 130 homilies given...
