Eleven works from the Vatican Apostolic Library are featured in the second Islamic Arts Biennale, held from January 25 to May 25 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. They include ancient translations of the Quran, texts on astronomy, and a unique, almost six-meter-long, 17th-century map of the River Nile, restored for the occasion. By Paolo Ondarza “To…
Vatican news On the occasion of his 88th birthday, Pope Francis published several excerpts from his autobiography “Hope”, which will hit libraries in January, recounting his childhood in Buenos Aires and the logistical difficulties of his visit to Iraq in 2021. By Isabelle Piro The “concentrate of humanity” experienced in the slums of Buenos Aires…
Vatican news Pope Francis writes the preface to the book “As Jesus taught us: the prayer of the pilgrims of hope” (Edizioni San Paolo), which will be published on Wednesday October 9. The text is a collection of the pope’s reflections on prayer, some previously unpublished. By Pope Francis I learned to pray from my…
Vatican news Pope Francis addresses a message to participants in a book presentation in Tenerife, Spain, on a Spanish-language publication devoted to “Past, Present and Future of Transitional Justice: The Latin American Experience in Building World Peace.” By Vatican News Pope Francis addressed a message to participants in the presentation in Tenerife, Spain, of the…
Vatican news On the occasion of the Pope's visit to Trieste, Sunday 7 July, to conclude the 50th Italian Catholic Social Week, the newspaper “Il Piccolo” has made available an unpublished text by Pope Francis, an introduction to an anthology of speeches and papal messages entitled “At the heart of democracy”. Pope Francis I am…
Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin will present a new book on Cardinal Costantini, the first apostolic delegate to China, on June 20 at the Pontifical Urban University of Rome. Deborah Castellano Lubov Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, will present the work “Cardinal Celso Costantini and China – Builder of a 'bridge'…
Vatican news Pope Francis writes the preface to a new book by Fr. Lucio Bonora on Pope St. Pius X and praises the early 20th century pope for the depth of his catechesis and his opposition to the First World War. By Devin Watkins “Pius X was a pope who made the whole Church understand…
The German Embassy to the Holy See is organizing a presentation on the occasion of the publication of a Herder-Verlag brochure entitled “Strong Daughters of God – Women and Functions in Catholicism Worldwide”, focused on the current synod on synodality and the “question of the condition of women”. rights.” By Stefanie Stahlhofen In a special…