Tag: Vatican

• Friday, May 15th 2020 - 08:07 UTC

  Thermal scanning for people attending masses in St Peter's and other papal basilicas

  

  People attending Masses in St. Peter's and other papal basilicas in Rome will have their temperature checked as part of measures to contain the spread of coronavirus, the Vatican said on Thursday.

• Wednesday, May 13th 2020 - 07:07 UTC

  Pope Francis praises nurses and calls for more investment in health care

  

  Pope Francis praised the work of nurses around the world on Tuesday, saying the coronavirus crisis had shown how vital their service is, as he appealed to governments to invest more in healthcare.

• Monday, April 13th 2020 - 08:16 UTC

  Francis prayed for Covid 19 victims in a live stream Easter Sunday message from an empty Vatican

  

  Pope Francis prayed for tens of thousands of COVID-19 victims in an unprecedented live-stream Easter Sunday message delivered from a hauntingly empty Vatican to a world under lockdown.

• Saturday, March 7th 2020 - 06:20 UTC

  First case of Covid-19 in Vatican; Pope sends message and Saint Peter's Square is emptied

  

  The Vatican on Friday reported its first coronavirus case and closed some offices to protect hundreds of the micro-state's priests and residents as the virus rages across surrounding Italy. The confirmed case prompted a sympathetic message from the Pope and all but emptied Saint Peter's Square.

• Friday, February 14th 2020 - 09:50 UTC

  Lula receives papal blessing at the Vatican; not a word in Francis official agenda

  

  Former Brazilian President Lula da Silva met on Thursday with Pope Francis at the Vatican, received a papal blessing and said the two discussed prospects for a “more just and fraternal world.”

• Monday, February 10th 2020 - 10:34 UTC

  Francis expected to receive ex president Lula at the Vatican next Thursday

  

  Pope Francis will receive former Brazilian president Lula de Silva next February 13, according to reports advanced by the country's media and later confirmed by Lula in his twitter account.

• Monday, February 3rd 2020 - 07:45 UTC

  Pope Francis appoints a Uruguayan secretary; Father Gonzalo works with street children and drug addicts

  

  Pope Francis has chosen as his new private secretary the Rev. Gonzalo Aemilius, a 40-year-old Uruguayan priest who worked with street children and drug addicts, whom he has known for many years, the Vatican announced.

• Saturday, February 1st 2020 - 08:55 UTC

  Pope Francis and president Alberto Fernandez examined Argentine problems

  

  A smiling Pope Francis welcomed the new president of Argentina, Alberto Fernández, to the Vatican on Friday morning and then spoke with him in a private audience for 45 minutes, signaling that good relations exist between the two leaders and suggesting that this could perhaps open the door for the pontiff’s first visit to his homeland since his election—though the president later said they did not discuss this.

• Friday, January 31st 2020 - 10:59 UTC

  Argentine president meets Pope Francis, and later Italian premier and president

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernandez is in Italy, the first leg of his tour of Europe, which begins Friday with an official visit to Pope Francis, and Italian leadership, after which he will concentrate on trying to renegotiate the country's burdensome national debt.

• Friday, January 17th 2020 - 10:33 UTC

  Vatican rejects nominee as Argentine ambassador; Fernandez meets the Pope at the end of the month

  

  The Argentine government has been forced to review the appointment of Luis Bellando as ambassador before the Vatican since his placet was not accepted by the Holy See. “The mechanics of the foreign ministry is to send first the names of diplomatic candidates since the host country must agree with the names proposed, so in this case, we will review the issue and reviews if a new consensus is needed to send another candidate as ambassador or representative to the Vatican”, cabinet chief Santiago Cafiero said.