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I don’t want to be buried in the Vatican
Tina Magnergård Bjers/TT Pope Francis photographed in the Vatican on Wednesday. 1 / 3 Photo: Gregorio Borgia/AP/TT Pope Francis does not want to be buried in the crypt under St.…
The Vatican opens the “city of the dead” to everyone
Share the article Save the article fullscreen Tombstones in the Vatican Necropolis. Photo: Gregorio Borgia/AP/TT Deep under Vatican City lies a Roman burial site, the Via Triumphalis necropolis which is…
Vatican: the synod on the future of the Church takes a step towards women
After a month of work, the synod on the future of the Church ended yesterday evening, Saturday October 28, at the Vatican. Bishops, cardinals, but also lay people from around…
Dialogue around the archives of the pontificate of Pius XII during the Nazi period
From October 9 to 11, this international conference brought together researchers from around the world at the Pontifical Gregorian University to take stock of the opening, three years ago, of…
pope defends “pastoral charity” rather than ideology
On the eve of a synod on the future of the Church, five conservative cardinals publicly asked Pope Francis to reaffirm Catholic doctrine on gay couples and the ordination of…
Pope Francis began his visit to the south in Marseille
Pope Francis, 86, arrived this Friday, September 22 in Marseille, in the south-east of France, for a two-day visit devoted in particular to the theme of migration and the Mediterranean.…
Pope’s visit to Marseille: the Vatican faces the slow decline of Catholicism in France
During the last visit of a pope to Marseille, France had on its soil a number of Catholics almost equal to its number of inhabitants. The philosophers of the Enlightenment…
Old book stirs controversy in Vatican
full screen The Archbishop of La Plata, Victor Manuel Fernández, was appointed the new prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith at the beginning of July. Archive…
Old book stirs controversy in Vatican
The body was once known as the holy office responsible for centuries of persecuting heretics, disciplining dissenters and enforcing sexual morality. Pope Francis’ appointment of the Archbishop of La Plata,…
Pope Francis hospitalized for surgery
Pope Francesco had an intestinal surgery in July 2021 and a 33 cm section of his large intestine was removed. In a statement last January, the Pope said that the…