Vatican City-State Archives

Beyond the US, the Top Five countries for beefs with the Pope

News Analysis
Sep 15, 2019

Francis hardly is the first pope to generate controversy, but he’s also a lightning rod, and not just in the United States.

Man reportedly throws candelabra off main altar in St. Peter’s

Vatican
Sep 4, 2019

On Wednesday a man described as “unstable” was reportedly arrested by Vatican police after tossing a candelabra off the main altar in St Peter’s Basilica.

Vatican pharmacy employs robot to improve service, manage stock

Catholic News Service, Vatican
Aug 26, 2019

The 145-year-old Vatican pharmacy has a new hire: a state-of-the-art robot working behind the scenes to manage the stockroom, retrieve medications and deliver the drugs quickly to the sales floor.

U.S. priest to receive reports of abuse, cover-up at Vatican City State

Catholic News Service, Vatican
Jul 31, 2019

Vatican City State will have its own reporting system in place before the end of the year for flagging suspected cases of the abuse of minors and vulnerable people and instances of cover-up or negligence in handling such cases, the Vatican said.

Forensic study of remains may shed light on young woman’s disappearance

Catholic News Service, Vatican
Jul 10, 2019

The complex process of examining bones and extracting DNA will be crucial in determining whether the remains in a small Vatican cemetery belong to Emanuela Orlandi, a young woman who disappeared in 1983, a Vatican-appointed forensic anthropologist said.

Vatican firefighter says St. Peter’s at much less risk than Notre Dame

Catholic News Service, Notre Dame Cathedral Fire, Vatican
Apr 17, 2019

After the devastating fire at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris April 15, Romans and tourists could not help looking at St. Peter’s Basilica and wondering, “what if?”