exclamation

Important notice: To continue serving our valued readers during the postal disruption, complete unrestricted access to the digital edition is available at no extra cost. This will ensure uninterrupted digital access to your copies. Click here to view the digital edition, or learn more.

Subscribe to this RSS feed
July 31, 2016

From marshy to manicured: Gardens' gruesome past grows into green haven

A section of the Vatican Gardens is pictured in this Sept. 15, 2011, file photo. The Vatican Gardens have evolved over the centuries from wild fields and vineyards to formal manicured plots.

VATICAN CITY – Today's lush and immaculately manicured Vatican Gardens were once just a sprawl of mosquito-infested swamps, clay hillsides and hardy grape vines.

Published in Features
September 14, 2015

50 prison inmates tour Vatican Gardens, Sistine Chapel

50 prison inmates tour Vatican Gardens, Sistine Chapel

VATICAN CITY - Fifty inmates from a Rome jail were given a private tour of the Vatican Museums on Sunday (Sept. 13), setting the tone for Pope Francis’ visit to a U.S. prison later this month and emphasizing his concern for people on the margins.

Published in Vatican
July 8, 2013

Pope consecrates Vatican City to St. Joseph, St. Michael the Archangel

ope Francis, right, embraces retired Pope Benedict XVI during a ceremony in the Vatican gardens July 5. During the service, Pope Francis blessed a new statue of St. Michael the Archangel and recited separate prayers to consecrate Vatican City to St. Jo seph and to St. Michael.

VATICAN CITY - With retired Pope Benedict XVI sitting next to him, Pope Francis formally recited separate prayers to consecrate Vatican City to St. Joseph and to St. Michael the Archangel.

Published in Vatican