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On 27 June 2015, Pope Francis, through a motu proprio ("on his own initiative") apostolic letter, established the Secretariat for Communications in the Roman Curia, with the aim of unifying and optimize Vatican communication. The website News.va and the Pontifical Council were expected to be incorporated in it eventually. [5]
Pope Peter III (Latin: Petrus PP. III; Spanish: Pedro III; born Markus Josef Odermatt; 13 March 1966), also known by the religious name Eliseo María de la Santa Faz, is the fourth Pope of the Palmarian Catholic Church, who in this capacity, claims to be the 266th Pope of the Catholic Church from 22 April 2016 to the present.
If you'd prefer to watch the midnight mass live, you can stream it on the Vatican Youtube Channel. The Mass begins Dec. 24, at 1:30 p.m. ET ( 7:30 p.m. Central European Standard Time).
The Vatican Information Service (VIS) is an official, free news service of the Holy See Press Office, founded in 1991 in the Vatican City during the pontificate of Pope John Paul II. It transmits news on a daily basis at 3 p.m. local Rome time, except during the month of August and on public holidays in Vatican City (generally Holy Days of ...
The Apostolic Palace [a] is the official residence of the Pope, the head of the Catholic Church, located in Vatican City. It is also known as the Papal Palace, the Palace of the Vatican and the Vatican Palace. The Vatican itself refers to the building as the Palace of Sixtus V, in honor of Pope Sixtus V, who built most of the present form of ...
The pope's travels around the world are also broadcast. Each year, CTV broadcasts around 130 events in the Vatican and covers daily public activities of the pope and his main activities outside the Vatican. Octava Dies is a weekly magazine of 25 minutes broadcast in the entire world since Easter 1998. It is also broadcast by Italian Catholic ...
Bocelli, who hasn't performed in Vatican City since 2015, was there to celebrate a new light display called "Follow Me: The Life of St. Peter," which ran until October 16.
In July 2019, Pope Francis named British-born Italian layman Matteo Bruni as Director. [7] Bruni is the first non-journalist to serve in this position. [ 8 ] The same month, the Pope appointed Brazilian laywoman Cristiane Murray , who previously served as the Vatican Radio's commentator for papal events and international trips for 25 years, as ...