by Greg Galvan | Aug 11, 2017 | Vatican Corner
VATICAN CORNER The number 2 man at the Vatican, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Secretary of State, is preparing for a trip to Russia in late August, 2017. Parolin explained that “I go to Russia as a collaborator to the Pope …who wishes to build bridges in order to...
by Greg Galvan | Aug 4, 2017 | Vatican Corner
VATICAN CORNER Vatican authorities have turned off 100 fountains, including two Baroque masterpieces in St. Peter’s Square as well as the interior fountains, including those in the Vatican Gardens. The purpose of the shut-offs is to save water during the prolonged...
by Greg Galvan | Jul 28, 2017 | Vatican Corner
VATICAN CORNER Two works of art painted by Raphael, the Renaissance master, have been hiding in plain sight within the Vatican for 500 years, and have now been discovered. Both oil paintings are part of frescos on the walls of the Hall of Constantine, a banquet room...
by Greg Galvan | Jul 21, 2017 | Vatican Corner
VATICAN CORNER Pope Francis has decided not to have Cardinal Gerhard Müller serve any longer as the head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) as his 5 year term has ended. Pope Benedict in 2012 appointed Müller to lead that Congregation. No new...
by sjchurchadmin | Jul 14, 2017 | Vatican Corner
VATICAN CORNER Cardinal George Pell, 76, the thirdranking official at the Vatican and a senior adviser to Pope Francis, has taken a leave of absence to return to Australia, his home country to fight historical sexual assault charges against him. In 2013 he was one of...
by sjchurchadmin | Jul 7, 2017 | Vatican Corner
VATICAN CORNER On April 10, 2017 it was the first grand opening of a laundromat by a pope. Inside the “People of Peace Center”, a former hospital complex near the Vatican in the central Trastevere area of Rome, Pope Francis celebrated his latest gift to the city’s...
