During Easter period some of the greatest and most suggestive events take place in Saint Peter’s Square and Basilica, officiated by the Pope.
This year Easter is Sunday, April 1st, but Easter period begins with Lent, at the end of Carnival time, on Ash Wednesday (February 14th in 2018), and the first Catholic Mass with Pope Francis is on Palm Sunday, at the beginning of the Holy Week. Continue reading
Easter is, without doubt, the most important event in the Catholic calendar. The feast is not fixed and the date is different every year. In 2017 Easter Sunday will be on April 16th, and in 2018 on April 1st.
If you are planning to be in Rome during Easter period, you can decide to join one of the most touching ceremonies of the year with the Holy Father. Continue reading
Epiphany is national holiday in Italy, and is a Christian feast day that celebrates the revelation of God as a human being in Jesus Christ. Continue reading
The Vatican Christmas tree was erected in St. Peter’s Square at the beginning of the Advent and of the Christmas holiday season. The 82 feet tall spruce tree arrived in the Square on November 24th from Trentino (Northern Italy region) and will be inaugurated and lit up, together with the Nativity scene, on December 9th. They will highlight several issues such as care for the environment, the sick and migrants. Continue reading
Vatican Museums, included the Sistine Chapel, are usually open from Monday to Saturday, from 9 am to 6 pm (exit from rooms half an hour before closing time). Ticket office is open from 9 am to 4 pm. Continue reading
Easter is, without doubt, the most important event in the Catholic calendar and one of the busiest times of the year in Rome and Vatican, center of all Christendom.
Easter is a moveable feast, is not fixed in the civil calendar: the date varies from March 22nd to April 25th. This year Easter Sunday will be on March 27th. Continue reading
Pope Francis wishes that the upcoming Extraordinary Jubilee will be celebrated not only in Rome but in every single Church, as a sign of unity and charity. He asked to open a special Holy Door, a “Door of Mercy”, in every Diocese during this Holy Year, in order to allow the faithful in every part of the world to experience the Mercy of the Father in its fullness. However, this Year will be a perfect occasion to make a real pilgrimage to the Tomb of the Apostle Peter and to enter through the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica, the very heart of the Catholic Church. Continue reading
On April 2015 Pope Francis announced, through the Papal Bull, an extraordinary Jubilee, the Jubilee of Mercy. This Holy Year will begin with the opening of the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica, on December 8th, 2015, ten years in advance of the regular Jubilee, and 15 years after the Great Jubilee of 2000, wanted by Saint John Paul II. Continue reading
Pope Francis opens Castel Gandolfo’s doors to the public, permitting for the first time access to the Apostolic Palace and Pontifical Villas, for a century inaccessible Summer papal residences. Continue reading
Easter is the most important event in the Catholic calendar and one of the busiest times of the year in Rome, center of all Christendom. A multitude of pilgrims arrive to see the Capital come alive for the Holy week and the Triduum, the three-day period that extends from Holy Thursday to Easter Sunday. Continue reading
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