An American tourist smashed at least two ancient Roman sculptures in the Vatican. More about the incident told the publication CNN. It happened in the Chiaramonti Gallery, part of the Vatican Museums. It houses about 1000 works of ancient sculpture, the gallery is positioned as "one of the best collections ...
Pope Francis has ordered 170 volumes of Jewish files from the recently opened archives of Pope Pius XII to be published online. The Vatican made the announcement amid renewed debate over the Pope's World War II legacy. The Times Of…
Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Pope Francis at the Vatican. This is their third meeting. As in previous times, Putin was late. The conversation between Putin and the pope lasted about an hour - as provided for in the protocol of the pontiff’s meetings with foreign guests. At the end…
Cardinal George Pell abused his power and showed “astonishing arrogance,” a court verdict in Melbourne said. He is guilty of sexual abuse of minors, writes DW. The former head of the Vatican's economic secretariat, Cardinal George Pell, was sentenced by the District Court of the Australian state of Victoria in...
The Vatican's ambassador to France, Luigi Ventura, has been charged with indecent behavior and harassment. And this is not the first case in the Vatican, as Pope Francis even said. The 74-year-old cleric is accused of sexually harassing a junior employee of the Paris City Hall on the day of the official…
The Vatican has expressed regret over numerous cases of sexual abuse of minor children by Catholic priests in Pennsylvania. This is stated in a statement by the head of the press service of the Holy See, Greg Burke, writes News.ru. “As for what was published this week...
Lamborghini presented Pope Francis with a unique example of the Huracan sports car. The Pope has put his signature on the hood of the car and intends to put it up for auction at Sotheby's. All proceeds from the sale of the supercar will go to charity. As Radio Vatican writes, ...
Australian Cardinal George Pell, who holds the post of treasurer of the Vatican, has been charged with lecherous acts against minors, police in the Australian state of Victoria reported, writes CNN. This case was the latest black mark against the Catholic Church, which has recovered from sexual abuse scandals in several ...
On May 24, US President Donald Trump met Pope Francis for the first time during his visit to the Vatican. During the meeting, he was accompanied by family members: wife Melanya and daughter Ivanka with her husband Jared Kushner, according to the BBC. US President and Pontiff ...
The Vatican will soon canonize the Ukrainian Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky, who was one of the spiritual leaders of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC). Pope Francis on July 17 issued a decree on the heroic deeds of Metropolitan Sheptytsky. This was the beginning of beatification (canoning the deceased ...