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Visitors to Vatican Museums Increase Thanks to Pope Francis

by Silvia Donati | Sun, 01/12/2014 - 03:00

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…

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Pope Francis Gets His Statue Inside Rome’s Wax Museum

by Silvia Donati | Sun, 12/15/2013 - 04:00

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…

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Pope Francis Named TIME's Person of the Year 2013

by Silvia Donati | Wed, 12/11/2013 - 09:15

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…

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The Pope Francis Effect: Mass Gets Crowded

by Silvia Donati | Sun, 11/17/2013 - 04:00

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…

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‘Ndrangheta may be threatening Pope Francis

by Anonymous (not verified) | Thu, 11/14/2013 - 05:00

In an interview to Italy’s daily newspaper Il Fatto Quotidiano published Tuesday, Reggio Calabria District Attorney Nicola Gratteri claimed the ‘ndrangheta…

Not Your Average Pontiff: Fun Images of Pope Francis

by Anonymous (not verified) | Sun, 11/03/2013 - 07:00

A Collection of Fun Images of Pope Francis

by Silvia Donati | Thu, 10/31/2013 - 11:41

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…

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Vatican Misspells Jesus on 6,000 Papal Medals

by Silvia Donati | Thu, 10/24/2013 - 06:00

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 Jesus,…

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Italy's Treasures: The Vatican

by Magda Lauer | Tue, 10/15/2013 - 07:30

The signing of The Lateran Treaty established Vatican City as an independent state in 1929. With little more than 400 citizens including Swiss guards,…

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Italian Families: Borgia

by Carol King | Mon, 10/14/2013 - 08:21

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…