by sjcpost | Aug 28, 2021 | Vatican Corner
As of this writing on 8/23/2021, there have been reported 213,338,543 cases of the Covid-19 virus worldwide, 4,454,049 deaths and 190,903,844 recovered. On August 18, 2021, in an attempt to make the people around the world feel more confident in the Covid-19 vaccines,...
by sjcpost | Aug 22, 2021 | Vatican Corner
On August 11, 2021, the actor and Catholic: Jonathan Roumie, who plays Jesus in the TV – Internet series and global phenomenon “The Chosen” met Pope Francis at his weekly Wednesday audience at the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall. Roumie said that it was a lifelong dream...
by sjcpost | Aug 14, 2021 | Vatican Corner
The traditional Latin Mass has a liturgy entirely in Latin, but there are other major differences between the Latin Mass and the Novus Ordo (New Order) Mass which uses the common language of the country, and is the familiar Mass that has been used for the past 50 +...
by sjcpost | Aug 7, 2021 | Vatican Corner
Latin was the language spoken around the area of Rome called Latium in the 1st century BC. With the power of Rome, Latin became the dominant language in Italy and in the entire Western Roman Empire. After Pentecost, the apostles spread Christianity throughout the...
by sjcpost | Jul 31, 2021 | Vatican Corner
Twenty-five years after Michelangelo painted his masterpiece the: ‘Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel’, and after a long, successful period working for the Medici family in Florence, he returned to the Vatican to work. He was welcomed by Pope Clement VII who commissioned...
by sjcpost | Jul 24, 2021 | Vatican Corner
Shortly before Pope Francis’ planned colon surgery, Salvatore Izzo the director of the Vaticannews website told Francis about his own medical problems, but Francis did not reveal his pending surgery in return. The Vatican and the Pope probably wanted to keep the...
