by Greg Galvan | Aug 16, 2018 | News and Info, Vatican Corner
Over the 2018 years of the papacy there have been 266 popes and many have been recognized as saints, including 48 out of the first 50 consecutive popes. Of the first 31 popes, 28 died as martyrs being killed for their faith. Some popes have been better than others,...
by Greg Galvan | Aug 10, 2018 | News and Info, Vatican Corner
On July 31, 2018, Pope Francis met with more than 60,000 young altar servers who came to St. Peter ’ s Square for the 12th International Pilgrimage for Altar Boys and Girls. The gathering which is held about every 4 years, began as a meeting of German altar servers...
by Greg Galvan | Aug 1, 2018 | News and Info, Vatican Corner
The ‘ Holy Stairs ’ or ‘ Scala Santa ’ are a set of 28 white marble steps located in Rome in extraterritorial property of the Vatican about 3 miles outside the walls near the Archbasilica of St. John in Laterano, the most ancient church in the world. That is the...
by Greg Galvan | Jul 27, 2018 | News and Info, Vatican Corner
Pope Francis surprised the wedding guests and Brazilian Father Renato dos Santos the planned celebrant when Francis unexpectedly appeared at the wedding of Luca Schafer, a Swiss Guard, and Brazilian Letícia Vera, a former employee of the Vatican Museums on July 16,...
by Greg Galvan | Jul 20, 2018 | News and Info, Vatican Corner
Three dimensional (3D) printing is a manufacturing process using digital data and a printing machine to build up material layer by layer to create tangible objects. Plastics, carbon – fibers, metals, and food are some of the materials being used today in these...
by Greg Galvan | Jul 13, 2018 | News and Info, Vatican Corner
A project of the Jesuit – run global prayer network Apostleship of Prayer is the monthly “ Pope Video ” initiative. In his prayer video of July 3, 2018, Pope Francis asked Catholics to dedicate the month of July to giving a spiritual gift to their pastors by...
