Two millennia on, Rome celebrates legacy of Emperor Augustus
Rome, a city that thinks in millennia, is going through a bout of "Augustus fever" to mark the 2,000th anniversary of the death of its first emperor, who left his...
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Thousands gather for historic canonization
Hundreds of thousands of people from around the world converged on St. Peter's Square on Sunday to attend the sainthood ceremony of Pope John XXIII and John Paul II, two...
Jews hail new papal saints who revolutionized ties with Catholics
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The late Popes John XXIII and John Paul II, who will be made saints on Sunday, did so much to end two millennia of Catholic anti-Semitism...
Costa Rican ‘miracle’ woman was key to John Paul’s sainthood
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Floribeth Mora Diaz does not care if people think she is crazy. She is convinced - and so is the Vatican - that she owes her...
Historic canonization of two popes brings joy and controversy
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Two giants of Roman Catholicism in the 20th century will become saints on Sunday at an unprecedented twin canonization that has aroused both joy and controversy...
Costa Rican ‘miracle’ woman was key to John Paul’s sainthood
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Floribeth Mora Diaz does not care if people think she is crazy. She is convinced - and so is the Vatican - that she owes her...
Jews hail new papal saints who revolutionized ties with Catholics
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The late Popes John XXIII and John Paul II, who will be made saints on Sunday, did so much to end two millennia of Catholic anti-Semitism...
Somber, tired-looking pope presides at Palm Sunday services
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - A tired and somber-looking Pope Francis led a Palm Sunday service before more than 100,000 people, opening two packed weeks of activities including Easter and the...
Somber, tired-looking pope presides at Palm Sunday services
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - A tired and somber-looking Pope Francis led a Palm Sunday service before more than 100,000 people, opening two packed weeks of activities including Easter and the...
Britain’s Queen, meeting pope, gives him eggs, whiskey, beer
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Queen Elizabeth met Pope Francis for the first time on Thursday and gave a bemused pontiff culinary delights from the royal estates, including a dozen eggs...