Vatican City State: History and Residences

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Msgr. Georg Gänswein has left hospital and has returned home

 

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The 'other' Pietà by Michelangelo is currently undergoing restoration .It was sculpted between 1547 and 1555 and depicts the figures of Nicodemus holding the crucified body of Christ,The Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Mary Magdalene.

 

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29th of September 1979 – Pope John Paul II landed at Dublin Airport.

 

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The church of Saint Jerome of the Croats underwent a massive restoration. The church which was founded by Pope Sixtus V in 1589 is home to the Croatian community in Rome.

 

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38 new recruits of the Pontifical Swiss Guard took their oaths of loyalty today at at a ceremony at the Courtyard of St. Damaso at the Vatican.

 

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Video of the funeral of Pope John Paul II (2005).

 

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On 17 October 1980 Queen Elizabeth II became the first British monarch to visit the Vatican.

https://c2.quickcachr.fotos.sapo.pt/i/Gc1189b5e/21930308_jawu4.jpeg

 

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On 17 October 1980 Queen Elizabeth II became the first British monarch to visit the Vatican.

https://c2.quickcachr.fotos.sapo.pt/i/Gc1189b5e/21930308_jawu4.jpeg

Historic “visit” is an understatement. A state visit with mammoth proportions

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/17/newsid_3966000/3966411.stm

 

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Here's a video of The Queen and Duke at the Vatican on a wet October day in Rome,1980 . (No sound on the video)

 

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Pope Benedict has reportedly renounced the inheritance he was left by his late brother Monsignor Georg Ratzinger who died in July of this year.

 

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It was announced today that due to the second wave of Covid 19 in Italy the Vatican Museums will now close having reopened in June.

 

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Brunei's first native Bishop has been elevated to becomes its first ever Cardinal.
Cornelius Sim has served as Vicar Apostolic of Brunei since 2004.

 

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Paolo Gabriele the former butler to Pope Benedict XVI has died aged 54.In 2012 he leaked personal documents of the Pope to the press.

 

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Preparations at the Vatican ahead of the Consistory for new Cardinals which takes place on November 28th at 4pm.

 

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The Vatican's Christmas tree has arrived at St Peter's square and its from Slovenia this year.

 

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King Victor Emmanuel of Italy visited Pope Pius XII

 

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A look inside the baroque church of St. Ignatius in Rome which dates from 1626

 

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An insight to the Spanish National Church of Santiago and Montserrat in Rome which dates from 1518.

King Alfonso XIII of Spain was buried here prior to the repatriation of his remains to Spain in 1980.

 

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An Ard Ri....thank you...these clips are truly magnificent.?

 

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8 Years since the election of Pope Francis.

 

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Master Gianluigi Colalucci the Master restorer of the Sistine Chapel has died aged 92 as per a press release from the Vatican Museum.

https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2021/0329/1206883-sistine-chapel-gianluigi-colalucci/

 

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Master Gianluigi Colalucci the Master restorer of the Sistine Chapel has died aged 92 as per a press release from the Vatican Museum.

https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2021/0329/1206883-sistine-chapel-gianluigi-colalucci/

How sad,but what legacy he left

 

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How sad,but what legacy he left

Amazing work on the Sistine chapel restoration.

 

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Lack of pilgrims at the Vatican during the second year of lockdown at the Vatican during Holy week.

 

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Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI turned 94 today.

 

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The Concordat of 1753 was agreed between King Ferdinand VI of Spain and Pope Benedict XIV.
http://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-the-concordat-of-1753-signed-in-rome-90850341.html

 

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Bishop Of Passau Stefan Oster made a visit to Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI

https://twitter.com/x/status/1401257491351191552

 

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An insight into the life of Saint Camillus and the chapel dedicated to the Saint who died in 1614 in Rome.Camillus de Lellis who founded the Camillians religious order beatified by Pope Benedict XIV in 1742.

 

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Pope Pius XII visiting his old college The Almo Collegio Capranica where he studied .The visit took place in 1957.

 

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Antony J Blinken the current US Secretary of State was given a private tour of the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican after his meeting with the Pope last week.