by sjchurchadmin | Jan 20, 2017 | Vatican Corner
VATICAN CORNER On March 13, 2017 Pope Francis will be beginning his fifth year as Pope and entering it with good health. The Jubilee of Mercy was a very active year for him and 2017 is promising to be active as well. So far as Pope he has made 17 foreign trips and...
by sjchurchadmin | Jan 12, 2017 | Vatican Corner
VATICAN CORNER The newborn children of Vatican employees were baptized by Pope Francis on Sunday January 8, 2017 in the Sistine Chapel during the annual Mass celebrating the Baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist. During the Christmas season, this Mass is one of...
by sjchurchadmin | Jan 6, 2017 | Vatican Corner
VATICAN CORNER In 1508 Pope Julius II invited the Italian painter Raphael, a student of Leonardo da Vinci, to Rome and commissioned him to paint religious frescos in the Vatican Palace. He found several artists already at work on different rooms, many painting over...
by sjchurchadmin | Jan 1, 2017 | Vatican Corner
VATICAN CORNER A calendar is like a chain that emerges out of the waters of oblivion and holds the ship of history to its moorings. Beneath the surface of the waters, there must have been sunk some kind of an anchor. — P.W. Wilson. There are six principal...
by sjchurchadmin | Dec 23, 2016 | Vatican Corner
VATICAN CORNER The Christmas tree and Nativity scene in St. Peter’s Square this year, while very beautiful, also highlight social issues such as care for the environment, inspiration for the sick, and the plight of migrants. The 82 ft. high spruce tree came from the...
by sjchurchadmin | Dec 15, 2016 | Vatican Corner
VATICAN CORNER Since July, 2016, a white and blue-striped RV style van marked with a Vatican City license plate and coat of arms has been running around Rome bringing free medical care to the poor. The RV was converted into a mobile medical unit and donated by the...
