Italy Residents Face Mixed Emotions as Phase Two of Lockdown Lift Begins
May 4, 2020By Melissa Butz After 55 days of lockdown, Italy’s long-awaited “phase two” of reopening has begun, marked by obligatory masks, open parks, […]
Topic: Rome
Italians ‘Send’ Prayers to Heaven During Country-Wide Lockdown
March 24, 2020Currents News Staff Some Italians took “praying the rosary” to new heights during the coronavirus crisis. A priest in Rome posted a […]
Pope Francis Invites All Christians to Pray a Global ‘Our Father’
March 23, 2020By Melissa Butz Pope Francis invites all Christians to join in through various means of communication. Despite the coronavirus lockdown and virtual […]
Holy Week, Pope Francis and the Church on Coronavirus Lockdown
March 16, 2020By John L. Allen Jr. and Currents News Staff ROME – Catholics are affected by the coronavirus in the same ways as […]
Pope Makes Mini-Pilgrimage Outside Vatican to Pray for End of Pandemic
March 16, 2020By Cindy Wooden and Currents News Staff ROME (CNS) — With Italy on lockdown and Rome streets almost deserted, Pope Francis left […]
From the Gridiron to the Gala
February 6, 2020By Melissa Butz Just two weeks after getting married, former Heisman trophy winner Tim Tebow and wife, Miss Universe 2017, Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters, […]
A Palace for the Poor
February 4, 2020Currents News Staff A Vatican palace is now a homeless shelter on the orders of Pope Francis. The Palazzo Migliori, a spectacular […]
Rome Church Remains Opens 24/7 to Care for Homeless
January 22, 2020By Melissa Butz A parish in the heart of Rome is open 24 hours a day, for the people who need it […]
Controversial Amazon Statue Stolen From Church, Thrown in Rome’s Tiber River
October 21, 2019By Melissa Butz and Christopher White, The Tablet’s National Correspondent ROME — A wood carving statue of a naked pregnant woman that […]
Pope Francis Learns Results of V Encuentro From U.S. Clergy
September 18, 2019By Melissa Butz Hispanics and Latinos from 175 dioceses around the United States met with Pope Francis on the morning of September […]