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Vatican approves ‘spiritual experience’ connected to Italian shrine
The Vatican on Wednesday approved the “spiritual experience” connected to the Sanctuary of Maccio in Italy. Source: CNA.
Pietà to get high-tech protection for Jubilee year
The Vatican is installing a set of nine, bullet-proof and shatter-proof glass panels in front of one of its most famous works of art, Michelangelo’s marble Pietà sculpture in St Peter’s Basilica. Source: CNS
Vatican permits devotion to alleged Marian apparition
Applying its new norms intended to quicken rulings on alleged supernatural phenomena, the Vatican’s doctrinal office has permitted devotion associated with alleged Marian apparitions in southern Italy. Source: OSV News.
Vatican maintenance crew hires women for the first time in 500 years
Two women have been hired for the specialised maintenance crew of St Peter’s Basilica for the first time in its 500-year history. Source: CNA.
Vatican declares Archbishop Vigano excommunicated for schism
Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, the former apostolic nuncio to the United States of America, has incurred the penalty of excommunication for having abandoned communion with the Bishop of Rome and the Catholic Church. Source: Vatican News.
Claims Vatican treated Cardinal Pell’s body with ‘gross disrespect’
Cardinal George Pell had a broken nose, was not wearing shoes and his clothes had been “just thrown in” the coffin when his body was returned to Australia from Italy last year, it has been claimed. Source: News.com.au.
Former Vatican auditor-general appeals sacking
The Vatican’s first auditor-general, Libero Milone, will head back to court today to appeal what he argues was a wrongful termination. Source: The Australian.
Vatican bans visible tattoos, body piercings for St Peter’s Basilica workers
The Vatican has banned workers at St Peter’s Basilica from having visible tattoos or body piercings to maintain “decorum”. Source: Sight Magazine.
Pope launches project that could see Vatican run on solar power
Pope Francis has appointed two special commissioners to start work on building an agrivoltaic system on a Vatican property outside of Rome that could supply the whole of Vatican City’s energy needs. Source: OSV News.