Coronavirus emergency measures see Vatican close St Peter’s Square and Basilica to tourists until April

In co-operation with Italian emergency measures, the Vatican has closed St Peter’s Square and Basilica to tourists starting from today, 10th March through to 3rd April. The new measure, announced today, was the latest move by the Vatican to help stop the spread of the coronavirus by reducing access to places that attract large groups... Read More

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January 26, 2020

Vatican premier for Knock film

A film documenting the 1879 Apparition at Knock will have its first screening in the Vatican tomorrow. Hope, which was written, produced and directed for the global Catholic network EWTN by Campbell Miller, will be screened in the Filmoteca Vaticana in the Vatican’s the Palazzo San Carlo in the Piazza Santa Marta on Monday 27th... Read More

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December 1, 2018

Oasis star’s mum wanted son to be a priest

Former Oasis guitarist Paul ‘Bonehead’ Arthurs has revealed that it was his mother’s wish for him to become a Catholic priest. One of the founder members of the Manchester rock band, which also included brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher, Arthurs, who was educated at St Peter’s RC Grammar School – now St Monica’s – also... Read More

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July 6, 2018

Vatican Cricket Team opens tour with tense game at Stonyhurst

St Peter’s, the Vatican Cricket Team, opened up their 4th Light of Faith Tour of England with a spectacular victory against Stonyhurst Gentlemen’s XI. The Vatican XI paid a visit to Stonyhurst College earlier this week and staff and alumni from the famous British school formed a special Stonyhurst Gentlemen’s XI for the occasion. The... Read More

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June 30, 2018

Fr Valentine backs prison team to surprise Vatican cricketers

Fr Valentine Erhahon believes a cricket team from HMP/YOI Isis Prison will beat the famous Vatican side when they meet during the clerics’ highly anticipated tour of England next month. His confident words came following a practice match at HMP/YOI Isis which included prisoners, officers and staff, held in order to select a side to... Read More

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June 15, 2018

Vatican Cricket Team to play Stonyhurst in England tour

The Vatican Cricket Team, St Peter’s, will compete against a team from Stonyhurst College in Clitheroe, Lancashire, next month. The fixture, which is the first of the Vatican teams’ 2018 tour of England, will take place on Wednesday 4th July. St Peter’s Cricket Club, who recently announced the tour schedule, will also face Her Majesty’s... Read More

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