Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi Archives

Vatican cardinal on a quest for the soul inside the machine

June 28, 2017

Modern technological advances are calling into question what it means to be human. Biotechnology is changing people from guardians into creators. Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi says these new technologies “have ethical and cultural implications that need to be considered.”

Rome’s ‘city under the city’ reveals the pioneers of the faith

Rome is popularly known as the “Eternal City,” but there’s an even older complex located beneath the teeming streets and piazzas of the modern urban space, formed by the catacombs. Explorers who have charted and made accessible those spaces have, in effect, excavated the stories of the pioneers of the Christian faith.

In the Vatican’s department for culture, women get their say
- Religion News Service, Vatican
- March 7, 2017
Acting on Pope Francis’s insistence on boosting the role of women in the Vatican, Italian Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, President of the Pontifical Council for Culture, has created a new “consultation” to ensure that the voices of 37 women are heard within his formerly all-male Vatican department.
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Siblings arrested in cyberattack that compromised Vatican computers
- Catholic News Agency, Vatican
- January 15, 2017
Authorities suspect Giulio Occhionero and his sister Francesca Maria Occhionero, the two arrested for a cyber attack on the Vatican and others, may have ties to the Freemasons, because the malware used in the hack was called “Eye Pyramid,” believed to be a reference to the all-seeing eye of God, or Eye of Providence, a symbol typically associated with Freemasonry.
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Pope tells sports summit that integrity matters more than victory
- Vatican
- October 6, 2016
As the Vatican hosts an international conference on sports as a tool for peace, Pope Francis, an avid soccer fan, tells the group that it’s important to preserve the integrity of athletic competition, because it’s important for fans to be able to trust the results on the field.
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