Vatican City Travel News

By Sarah Delaney Source: Published: Sunday, November 01, 2009 World map drawn by Father Matteo Ricci, who spent 28 years evangelizing in China and bringing Western science to the faraway continent.

Verona is among a select group artists from five continents to be received by the Pope on November 21st.

We Traveled to Vatican City and Greece for the Perfectly Inspiring Romantic Honeymoon! It was September of 1994.

Italian is a Romance language spoken by around 70 million people in the world including Switzerland, where it is one of the four official languages, San Marino and the Vatican City.

VATICAN CITY, OCT. 12, 2009 .- Benedict XVI held a brief meeting on Sunday with Spain's Minister of Foreign Affairs to discuss preparations for the 2011 World Youth Day in Madrid.

Charity in Action: Impact of New Saints Continues in U.S. By John Thavis Source: Published: Sunday, October 11, 2009 VATICAN CITY - The long path to official sainthood is drawing to a close in October for Blessed Damien de Veuster, a missionary priest famed for his work with leprosy patients in Hawaii.

By Roberta Sciamplicotti VATICAN CITY, OCT. 9, 2009 .- The memory of World War II should spur society to build a "true civilization" that is no longer based on hatred, violence and force, says Benedict XVI.

VATICAN CITY, SEPT. 23, 2009 .- As the political crisis in Honduras continues to escalate, Benedict XVI today spoke with the president of the Honduran episcopal conference.

Pope Benedict accepts Gordon Brown's invitation to visit Britain next year in first papal visit since 1982 By Mail Foreign Service , Lesley Hussell and Nick Pisa Last updated at 6:13 PM on 23rd September 2009 The Pope is to visit Britain next autumn, the first papal visit to the UK in 27 years.

Vatican City, Sep 15, 2009 .- The Russian Orthodox and the Roman Catholic Churches have improved relations under Pope Benedict XVI, and in a sign of a growing closeness, the Vatican announced today that Archbishop Hilarion, the Russian Orthodox head of External Church Affairs, is paying his first visit to Rome.

VATICAN CITY, AUG. 18, 2009 .- The Congregation for Clergy is affirming the richness of the permanent diaconate, and is urging these ordained ministers to strive for holiness through meditation on God's Word and charitable works.

Wake up, Normal. Wea TMre back! The herds of wide-eyed freshmen, loud bass beats and strings of empty beer cans on front lawns mark the start of the 2009-10 school year better than anything else could.

It was not the typical honeymoon couple who sat in my travel office. Still, they definitely personified young love.

By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY - For the first time in half a millennium, the doors of the Vatican Museums were open to the public at night.

Air Maltaa s Flyaway Tours has just announced the launch of short-break holidays to Rome, the Vatican City, Bologna and Verona.

Pope Benedict XVI, center, is greeted by children of the local school as he arrives to Introd, near Aosta, northern Italy, Monday, July 13, 2009.

The Vatican says the restoration of a chapel that includes two Michelangelo frescoes has been completed.

By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI called on vacationers to drive safely and asked that they use their time off to renew body and soul and grow closer to God.

Obama lands in Ghana after meeting pope Updated 21 hours ago ROME - President Barack Obama arrived in Ghana Friday on his first trip to sub-Saharan Africa.

It's nearly 5,000 miles and seven time zones east from Manitowoc County to Italy.