The Vatican Museums and the Vatican City governor’s office – which includes the gardeners – are involved in a five-year project to develop ecologically friendly cleaning agents and techniques to clean, restore and maintain the 570 works of art on display outside. Those works include fountains, statues and stone plaques.
Continuing education by the Catholic Church about the danger nuclear weapons pose is needed if the goal of total nuclear...
The Vatican obviously is concerned about terrorist threats, “especially for the senseless hatred” it represents, and will continue to remain vigilant, said Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state.
Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the secretary of state, visited Moscow and met with the patriarch and Russian President Vladimir Putin, as well as with leaders of Russia’s Catholic community.
A day after appealing for an end the violent persecution of the Rohingya people, a Muslim minority in Myanmar, the Vatican announced Pope Francis will visit the country in late November.
A Russian church leader has urged the Vatican’s secretary of state to use his upcoming Moscow visit to tackle “practical...
Two former top Vatican hospital officials appeared before a Vatican court for a pretrial hearing on allegations of embezzlement. Giuseppe...
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The validity and worthiness of the bread and wine used for the celebration of the Eucharist must be ensured, the...
The former head of the Vatican’s doctrine office denied reports claiming he was dismissed by Pope Francis due to differences...
