The lawyer for the former Vatican employee accused of trying to sell St. Peter's Basilica an allegedly stolen 17th-century manuscript about plans for the massive canopy over the basilica's main altar said the illustrated manuscript is different from one listed in the archives and later reported miss
VATICAN CITY (CNS) The Latin language in the Catholic Church faces two major hurdles: the increasingly exclusive access to Latin instruction worldwide and the difficulty of transmitting the ancient language s modern value to seminarians from non-European backgrounds, said the new president of the Vatican s Latin academy.
Though it is fighting an uphill battle, the Pontifical Academy for Latin, the Pontificia Academia Latinitatis in Latin, is the Vatican body charged with promoting the know
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – The flag of Vatican City, yellow and white with crossed keys under the papal tiara, is incorrect in many emojis, flying outside the United Nations and often even on Vatican buildings.
Through confusion possibly caused by an erroneous Wikipedia entry, the Vatican flags waving outside its buildings and sold in Roman souvenir shops differ from the official design first published by the Vatican in 2000.
In that official illustration of the flag, the base of the papal tiara o
A Catholic church where at least 40 worshippers were slain by terrorists June 5 during Pentecost Mass will reopen. Despite good interfaith relations, some Muslim extremists seek an expanded caliphate, said the region s Catholic bishop.