Explainer: What is a Roman Catholic Holy Year?
Vatican City Reuters Pope Francis started the countdown on Thursday to the 2025 Holy Year, or Jubilee, which is one of the Roman Catholic Church’s most important events and is expected to draw tens of millions of pilgrims to Rome. But what exactly is a Holy Year? Pope Francis waves at people on the day […]
Vatican restorers set to work on St Peter’s centrepiece
Vatican City Reuters The giant bronze-and-wood canopy in the middle of St Peter’s Basilica is being gradually engulfed by scaffolding as Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s masterpiece gets its first major restoration since the mid-1700s. The almost 30-metre-high canopy covers the high altar of the basilica, and was built on the spot where St Peter, the first […]
From puddings to trees, palace sets out Queen’s Jubilee celebrations
London, UKReuters Inventing puddings and planting trees are just some of the things Britons are invited to do for Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee, events to mark her 70th anniversary on the throne that culminate in a “blockbuster weekend of celebrations” in June. The 95-year-old, the longest-reigning monarch in British history, will add another milestone when […]
ESSAY: THE JUBILEE OF THE MOON LANDING IS A CHANCE TO ASSESS TECHNOLOGY’S PROMISE
In an article first published by Religion News Service, JULIE SCHONFELD, managing director of US-based Leading Ethics, looks at the promise of technology…