Sistine Chapel - Vatican, Rome, Italy.

This is for all you beloved catholics who are doing your best to spread the faith. I would like to encourage you to read UNITATIS REDINTEGRATIO, the Church's decree on ecumenism. If you haven't read it yet, it says some wonderful things about the Church's relationship with all the people of...

Vietnamese police beat AP reporter, begin to bulldoze former Vatican nunciature in Hanoi.

Vatican City on 25.December 2008. Part of the urbi et orbi blessing is the remission of all temporal punishment due to sin through a plenary indulgence attached to the Papal blessing. The remission and forgiveness of sins is not only granted to the people in St. Peter's Square but also to...

Vatican City on 25.December 2008. Part of the urbi et orbi blessing is the remission of all temporal punishment due to sin through a plenary indulgence attached to the Papal blessing. The remission and forgiveness of sins is not only granted to the people in St. Peter's Square but also to...

In an event of historical importance, the China Philharmonic Orchestra has played a concert for the Pope at the Vatican.

Pope Stands up to Pelosi on Abortion from the Vatican in Rome.

Let us meditate during the days of the Easter Triduum so that we may comprehend the inestimable gift of salvation that is achieved for us by the sacrifice of Christ. In this manner, Benedict XVI addressed the twenty-five thousand faithful gathered in St. Peters square for the General Audience...

The Last Supper is the mystery of the change, of the transformation that is preformed in the name of God so that, following Jesus, we ourselves and the world may also be changed.Benedict XVI noted this during the Coena Domini Mass, the celebration that repeats the gesture of the washing of the...

The film begins with the attempted assassination of the pope on May 13, 1981, whereupon the story of the man once known as Karol Wojtyla is unfolded in flashback. The familiar highlights of Pope John Paul II's life and work are vividly realized: his early theatrical aspirations, his staunch...

The film begins with the attempted assassination of the pope on May 13, 1981, whereupon the story of the man once known as Karol Wojtyla is unfolded in flashback. The familiar highlights of Pope John Paul II's life and work are vividly realized: his early theatrical aspirations, his staunch...

The film begins with the attempted assassination of the pope on May 13, 1981, whereupon the story of the man once known as Karol Wojtyla is unfolded in flashback. The familiar highlights of Pope John Paul II's life and work are vividly realized: his early theatrical aspirations, his staunch...

Catholics have been present in Iran from the first centuries of Christianity and have always been an integral part of the nations life and culture. This is what Benedict XVI recalled in his speech to Ali Akbar Naseri, new Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran, who was received in...

Nov. 29,2009 Pope Benedict XVI prayed the Angelus with the faithful gathered this Sunday morning in St Peters Square. In remarks before the prayer, Pope Benedict said Jesus Christ is not only for Christians, not just for believers: He is for all men, because it is He who is the center of faith,...

Benedict XVI - Christmas is not a fairy tale

If you want Benedict XVI and John Paul II to be with you in 2010, its pretty easy. On a monthly basis you can take a look at the best photos of the popes in this calendar made by the Vaticans Photographic Archives. A very special calendar made at the Vatican.

The Vatican has published the names of all the missionaries who died violently in 2009. In all 37 people were killed on active duty, the highest number in the past decade. Among them, is a lay person, 2 seminarians, 2 nuns and 30 priests. One of them could be considered a martyr since it...

There are 300 years of art history between the Renaissance and the Baroque. But a new exhibition called Painting sacred Montecitorio, accomplishes to tell 3 centuries of history in just 7 works of art. 7 paintings tell the development of artistic creation between the XV and XVII centuries. 7...

Its one of the most ancient crosses in the world. But what makes this one so precious is what it holds in the middle: A small fragment of the Cross that Jesus was crucified on. The Crux Vaticana is one of the most priceless gems in the Vaticans collection of religious artefacts. It was a gift...

A great book for a great apostle. This is Codex Pauli, a unique compilation of St. Pauls manuscripts. The 428 pages of Codex Pauli are considered to be one of a kind. A thick book, that pays tribute to the unforgettable Apostle to the Gentiles in light of the bi-millennium birth of St Paul....