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Vatican stamps highlight papal engagement in interreligious dialogue
- Feb 3, 2021
Pope Francis’ ongoing efforts to promote interreligious dialogue will be highlighted in a new series of Vatican stamps.
Vatican Christmas: Details of stamps, Nativity scene, tree released
- Oct 30, 2020
Although the Vatican knows Christmas may be very different this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, it already has chosen its stamps and the Nativity scene and tree that will stand in St. Peter’s Square.
2020 Christmas stamp shows Peruvian painting of Our Lady of Guapulo
- Oct 10, 2020
A new postage stamp for Christmas shows detail from an 18th-century Peruvian painting of Our Lady of Guapulo.
Ireland to issue stamps to mark August visit by Pope Francis
- Jul 26, 2018
Ireland is issuing two commemorative postage stamps to mark the upcoming visit of Pope Francis to Dublin for a Vatican-sponsored international family jamboree.
Vatican issues stamp featuring Martin Luther for Reformation anniversary
- Nov 26, 2017
In another sign of the Vatican’s positive approach to marking the 500th anniversary of the Protestant reformation, the Vatican’s Philatelic and Numismatic Office on Nov. 23 released a postage stamp featuring Martin Luther and one of his closest collaborators. The stamp features Luther and Philip Melanchthon, considered the first systematic
Stamp honors Father Hesburgh, former University of Notre Dame president
- Sep 7, 2017
A new stamp honors former Notre Dame president, Holy Cross Father Theodore M. Hesburgh, who was born May 25, 1917, in Syracuse, New York, for his role as an educator and his service as an adviser on civil rights, peaceful uses of atomic energy, immigration reform, campus unrest and development in poor countries to presidents from Dwight Eisenhower to George W. Bush.
Vatican stamps mark Pope Benedict’s birthday, Fatima apparitions
- Apr 13, 2017
The Vatican stamp and coin office has big plans for early May: the release of stamps marking retired Pope Benedict XVI’s 90th birthday, as well as another stamp, accompanied by a postcard, marking the 100th anniversary of the apparitions of Mary to the three shepherd children in Fatima May 13, 1917, and ahead of Pope Francis’s visit to the site.
Vatican prepares ‘St. Teresa’ of Calcutta stamp
- Aug 5, 2016
The Vatican will anticipate the canonization of Mother Teresa with a special postage stamp to be released Sept. 2, two days before she’s declared a saint. The 95-cent stamp features a wrinkled but radiant Mother Teresa smiling in her blue-trimmed, white sari, overlaid with an image of her holding a child’s hand.
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