Pope
by Silvia Donati |
5,459 million people visited the Vatican Museums in 2013.
"We reached almost five and a half million. The Pope Francis effect can be felt even in the Vatican…
by Silvia Donati |
Pope Francis has just been immortalized as a wax statue, on display inside Rome’s Wax Museum.
The statue was unveiled December 8, after three craftsmen worked…
by Silvia Donati |
Calling him "The People's Pope," TIME magazine named Pope Francis its Person of the Year on Wednesday.
"He took the name of a humble saint and then called for…
by Silvia Donati |
Pope Francis’ message of renewal seems to be taking hold not only on the devotees, but also on those who had distanced themselves from the Church. This is…
by Anonymous (not verified) |
In an interview to Italy’s daily newspaper Il Fatto Quotidiano published Tuesday, Reggio Calabria District Attorney Nicola Gratteri claimed the ‘…
by Silvia Donati |
It has been only a few months since Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected Pope (13 March 2013) and by now we have become used to his simpler and less formal…
by Silvia Donati |
The Vatican had to withdraw more than 6,000 papal medals due to a spelling mistake.It was not a minor one: the misspelled word was nothing less than …
by Magda Lauer |
The signing of The Lateran Treaty established Vatican City as an independent state in 1929. With little more than 400 citizens including Swiss guards,…
by Carol King |
In our series focusing on famous Italian families, Carol King looks at one of Italy’s most notorious: the Borgias.The Borgia family of the Renaissance went…
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