A TRAVELLER TO ROME
H.V. Morton wrote many travel books. "A Traveller in Rome" was published 50 years ago in 1957. From chapter 4 follow some bits and pieces! No one thinks it strange that the pope should live in what...
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AP/Daily Mail - Police in Rome are investigating the apparent vandalism of the famed Elephant and Obelisk statue designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini in the Piazza della Minerva near the Pantheon in...
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(C) BenodetteThe Catholic Herald -The day after Pope Francis inducted him into the College of Cardinals, Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago took possession of his titular church in Rome, the Basilica of...
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Nick Squires in The Telegraph -Centuries after hordes of Visigoths sacked Rome, campaigners say the capital is under siege from a new kind of "barbarism" - the proliferation of tacky tourist shops,...
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ANSA - This year's Vatican Christmas Tree arrived in St Peter's Square overnight, a 25-metre-tall pine from the northern Trentino region.It will be inaugurated on December 9 along with this year's...
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Harmeet Kaur, for CNN:When in RomeWhen in Rome, don't do as the Romans do.At least if you're a photographer.A city home to ancient architecture like the Coliseum and the Pantheon and magnificent...
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Josephine McKenna, for Religion News Service:Vatican exhibits Rembrandt in gesture of Christian unityVATICAN CITY (RNS) Visitors expect to see the works of Renaissance artists such as Raphael and...
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Rome Reports - At 4.30 p.m. today, in a cold winter evening in the Vatican, the Christmas tree and the nativity scene in St. Peter's Square lit up.They will remain that way until January 8, 2017. The...
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Josephine McKenna, for Religion News Service:Vatican restoration uncovers work of Renaissance masterVATICAN CITY (RNS) Art restorers toiling on the sumptuous 500-year old apartments of Pope Alexander...
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CNA - Last week's opening of a McDonald's in a Vatican-owned property just around the corner from St. Peter's Square has been both welcomed and decried by Rome's locals.Some Romans have expressed joy...
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Sylvia Poggioli, for NPR:For Italy's Art Police, An Ongoing Fight Against Pillage Of Priceless WorksItaly has been described as the world's biggest open-air museum.And with illegally excavated...
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Well, to every cloud (of french fries?), there's a silver lining ...Josephine McKenna, for Religion News Service:McDonald’s next to Vatican to offer free meals to the homelessVATICAN CITY (RNS) A...
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Nick Squires in The Telegraph -After decades of shameful neglect, the biggest mausoleum ever to be built by the ancient Romans is to be brought alive with a spectacular multimedia experience projected...
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Barbie Latza Nadeau, for The Daily Beast:Will a Celebrity Get the Vatican Ambassador Job?Rumors fly about who the next ambassador to the Vatican might be, from the Terminator to Newt Gingrich’s...
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It will be interesting to see if the Rome police will really be able to identify the masterminds - and financiers - of this ridiculous and juvenile stunt. I wonder ... if the trail leads to the...
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Michael O'Loughlin, for America Magazine:What does it mean to speak at the Vatican? Days before the Democratic presidential primary in Catholic-heavy New York last April, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders...
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Nick Squires in The Telegraph -An elegant boulevard lined with expensive cafes and five star hotels, it was once a byword for glamour and sophistication.Rome’s Via Veneto was the epicentre of La Dolce...
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Claire Giangravè, for Crux:Rome’s ‘city under the city’ reveals the pioneers of the faithRome is popularly known as the "Eternal City," but there's an even older complex located beneath the teeming...
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Claire Giangravè, for Crux:Vatican tailors, cobblers try to adapt to Francis’s ‘papal athleisure’Pope Francis's emphasis on simplicity and frugality is a hit all around the world, but it's produced...
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Christopher Lamb, for The Tablet:Vatican turns off historic fountains as Rome drought continuesVatican authorities could not remember ever having to turn off the fountains beforeStanding in St Peter’s...
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