One of the hottest tickets in Rome these days is for a four-lecture series on the Antichrist being given by Silicon Valley tech billionaire Peter Thiel.
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Pope’s grand tour of Italy over the next few months takes him to Lampedusa and beyond
Pope Leo XIV will visit ground zero of Europe’s migration drama, the Sicilian island of Lampedusa, in May and also minister to Italians poisoned by years of toxic dumping by the mafia.
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Vatican expands visitor experience at St. Peter’s Basilica to mark 400th anniversary
Fancy a pizza with a view? The Vatican is marking the 400th anniversary of the consecration of St. Peter’s with a host of visitor-friendly initiatives, including expanding access to its spectacular terrace and its snack bar in the shadow of Michelangelo’s great dome.
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Pope Leo, an avid athlete, extols physical and spiritual benefits of sport in Olympic message
He called for sport to be accessible, to both poor people and women especially, and for fans to refrain from turning sport into a fanatical religion. Athletes, too, he said, must refrain from narcissism and becoming obsessed with their image and success.
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Pope Leo invited to visit Peru during a Vatican garden party, then stays for lunch
In a break with usual protocol, Leo stayed for a buffet lunch that the Peruvian Embassy organized for the invited diplomats and Vatican officials in the gardens.
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Pope Leo XIV closes 2025 Holy Year with critique of consumerism and xenophobia
Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday closed out the Vatican’s 2025 Holy Year by denouncing today’s consumerist and anti-foreigner sentiment, capping a Jubilee that saw some 33 million pilgrims flock to Rome and a historic transition from one American pontiff to another.
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Vatican claims a Holy Year success with 33 million pilgrims
Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday will officially close out the Holy Year and shut the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica, capping a rare Jubilee that was opened by one pope and closed by another.
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Church altar featuring homeless man goes on display near his grave at the Vatican
In 2018, German artist Michael Triegel asked a homeless man in Rome to pose for a drawing, thinking that he would make an ideal model for St. Peter if he ever needed to paint the first pope.
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Pope Leo cancels Vatican fundraising commission announced under questionable circumstances
Pope Leo XIV has taken his biggest step yet to correct one of Pope Francis’ more problematic financial moves, canceling a special Holy See fundraising commission that was announced under questionable circumstances while Francis was hospitalized.
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Pope Leo formalizes law allowing a woman to run the Vatican City State, months after Francis appointed her
Pope Leo XIV fixed a technical glitch on Friday in a Vatican law that became problematic after Pope Francis named the first-ever woman to head the Vatican City State administration.