By: Daniele | 2011-08-31 | Destinations Obtained below the floor of the church, but elevated compared to the Basilica of Constantine in the fourth century, the caves contain, in addition to chapels dedicated to different saints, tombs of kings, queens and popes in the tenth century onwards. read more
By: Daniele | 2011-08-19 | Destinations Vatican Radio was commissioned by Pope Pius XI after the Conciliation with Italy in order to connect their systems via the center of the Catholic Church with the various parts of the world. read more
By: Daniele | 2011-08-10 | Destinations The first library and archive of the first popes were missing, for reasons not yet well known, in the first half of the century. XIII. read more
By: Daniele | 2011-09-07 | Destinations Left atrium to the left of the so-called Armour and crossed the Atrium of the Four Gates, we arrive at the Cortile della Pigna, housed in the Belvedere sixteenth of the space. read more
By: Greg Jacobs | 2010-09-23 | Law Pope Benedict's recent visit to the UK was thoroughly built up and covered by the media. The last occasion a Pope visited was in 1982 and now, twenty eight years later, the visit to the UK ended up being fairly good. Even though the Pope did encounter protest about the allegations of child abuse, his rejection of birth control, his views on HIV and homosexuality which might offend quite a few, there was also healthy support for the Pope and the Catholic Church. There was news of arr... read more
By: Greg Jacobs | 2010-09-23 | Law Pope Benedict's recent trip to the UK was thoroughly built up and covered by the media. Even though his visit to the UK was met with different opinions and sensible demonstration, looking back things went smoothly . Even though the Pope did experience protest about the allegations of child abuse, his rejection of birth control, his thoughts about HIV and homosexuality which might offend many, there was also healthy support for the Pope and the Catholic Church. There were some arrest... read more
By: Daniele | 2011-09-15 | Destinations Nucleus of the Vatican Museums was the collection of sculptures made by Julius II (1503-1513) and exposed in the so-called "Courtyard of the Statues", today the Octagonal Courtyard read more
By: Archie Blazer | 2010-12-14 | Article Marketing Vatican City is among the most visited places in Europe, since it is here that the residence of the pope is located. read more
By: ayay wang | 2010-07-30 | Business Business, Business News, Business Opportunities 11 Changsha, Hunan Province in early, although the time to late autumn, but the streets are still green and lush. Vatican Sidi Leather Co., Mo-Hua Kuo, chairman of the harvest season has come great, because they were financing the Kunrao and locking of the brow with the funding in place and finally a smooth stretch. Since entering in September, sales of equipment trolley shock news came from everywhere: earthquake preparedness trolley Hubei agents in September in the Great conditioner, Lotus 6 store sales 600,000 yuan, hit a supermarket trolley with the industry Counter top sales record; follo... read more
By: Kavin Arora | 2011-04-05 | Travel & Leisure Many people also forget, or simply do not acknowledge, that contemporary art, too, plays an important place in the Vatican Museum. read more
By: Paul Crooze | 2010-11-20 | Arts & Entertainment Odyssey Tours was founded by a committed team of individuals who, with many years experience in the tour industry, saw the need for a more intimate, friendly and personalised tour service and so established Odyssey Tours. read more
By: Paige Taylor | 2010-09-15 | Exotic locations The Vatican's Apostolic Library, the High-Tech Library for Ancient Volumes is scheduled to be re-opened on September 20, 2010. The three-year renovation of the 16th century library costs 25 million euros (32 million US dollars). After three-year renovation, Vatican's Apostolic Library has 65,000 manuscripts called "Codex B" - the well-known oldest Bible. "Codex B" dated from about 325 AD and is considered to be among the 50 bibles in the world. Besides, the massive restoration have made volumes and manuscripts catalogued and security measured. The Vatican's Apostolic Library re-opens to about 4,000 authorised researchers, scholars and academics. Let's have a thorough look at the most stunning images of the Vatican's Apostolic Library after three-year restoration. read more
By: Kim Gifford | 2010-11-17 | Cruises Vatican Rome Tours Inc. launches its NEW tours of the Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel designed for Rome first timers, Christian families visiting Rome with children and cruise passengers docking at Rome port to enjoy a Rome day tour of the Vatican City at their own pace with no lines. While in Rome tour Rome and the Vatican City with qualified and friendly Vatican Tour Guides to enjoy Rome with a private Vatican Museum and St. Peter's Basilica tour with skip the lines Vatican tour read more
By: Serena Du | 2011-06-21 | Self help AP spokesman for the State Bureau of Religious Affairs on 22, accused the Vatican issued a statement on behalf of the Chinese Catholic eighth issued a statement regarding the meeting. read more