Saturday 21 December |

Saint of the Day: St. Peter Canisius

Italy

PIERRE-GOURSAT

I.Media

Founder of Emmanuel Community among new “venerables”

Spongata, Italian Christmas Cake

V. M. Traverso

The iconic Italian Christmas cake Benedictine nuns helped create

Pope Francis during his weekly general audience in St. Peter's square at the Vatican on December 04, 2024.

Daniel Esparza

Pope Francis’ “Life” to be adapted into a film

Patriarchal Basilica of Aquileia

Daniel Esparza

1,500-year-old basilica unearthed in Aquileia

friends enjoying at table

Cerith Gardiner

Italian restaurant’s unique way to get customers off phones

CHIARA LUCE

Karen Hutch

Blessed Chiara Badano gives 5 tips for being a ray of light

New Frescoes discovered at Villa Farnesina

V. M. Traverso

Electrician finds 17th-century frescoes in a Roman villa

Future cardinal Fr. Fabio Baggio in his office in the Curia

I.Media

Fabio Baggio, an advocate in Rome for migrants and ecology

Photo of Fr. Fabio Baggio (soon-to-be cardinal) at his desk

I.Media

Meet future Cardinal Baggio, an old friend of Francis

Titian - The Presentation of Mary at the Temple - in room

Fr. Michael Rennier

Titian artwork illuminates feast of the Presentation of Mary

Vatican Fountain

J-P Mauro

Survey finds rates of Catholic identity lagging in Italy

The Martyrdome of Apotheosis, inside Saint Pantaleone's, in Venice

V. M. Traverso

Journey to Venice’s hidden ceiling masterpiece

Pope-Francis-and-Emma-Bonino

I.Media

Pope makes detour to visit ailing former Foreign Minister

Pope Francis arrives for a weekly general audience at Saint Peter's Square in The Vatican on October 30, 2024.

I.Media

Pope makes surprise announcement of another new cardinal

Emma Gatti

Rome, a city under construction for the Jubilee

Pan Dei Morti, Italian All Souls day Treat

V. M. Traverso

Before Halloween candy, Italian Catholics had “bread of the dead”

SAINT FRANCIS

Daniel Esparza

St. Francis’ Canticle celebrates 800th anniversary

THE-CHAIR-OF-SAINT-PETER

Daniel Esparza

You know the baldachin, but do you know St. Peter’s Chair?

Montesenario Monastery aerial view

V. M. Traverso

How monks innovated healthcare in pre-industrial Italy

Pope Francis during his weekly general audience in St. Peter's square at the Vatican on October 16, 2024

I.Media

Pope points out 4 virtues from sport, to help humanity grow

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