Vatican Museums and Catacombs: Free for a Day

September 22, 2005 | 756 hits

Admission to the Vatican Museums and the catacombs of Rome will be free this Sunday, a gesture of the Holy See's participation in European Heritage Days. The Heritage Days initiative, promoted …

"We Are in the Modern Catacombs," Says Young Iraqi Catholic

Thousands of Christian Families Reportedly Have Fled Baghdad

October 26, 2004 | 633 hits

Iraq is seeing the rise of a new version of an old phenomenon: the catacombs. "Iraqi Christians are obliged to celebrate Mass in churches' basements. They live under the constant threat of …

Free for a Day: Catacombs and Vatican Museums

September 22, 2004 | 532 hits

Entrance to the Vatican Museums and to the catacombs of Rome will be free next Sunday, as a gesture of the Holy See's participation in the European Patrimony Days. The event is an initiative …

Ukrainian University: A Sign That the Catacombs Are Left Behind

Interview with Father Borys Gudziak, Rector of New Institution

August 01, 2002 | 484 hits

A year after John Paul II's historic visit to this country, the Ukrainian Catholic University was inaugurated on June 29. The rector of the university is Father Borys Gudziak. Born in …

Catacombs Bring Faith to Life, John Paul II Says

Calls Them Places of New Evangelization

June 12, 2001 | 620 hits

John Paul II said that the catacombs of Rome are "places of new evangelization, prayer, and cultural promotion for pilgrims from all over the world." When the Holy Father received the …

Getting the Moldovan Church Out of Catacombs

Italian Diocese Has Plan for Ex-Soviet Republic

May 03, 2001 | 506 hits

An Italian diocese has launched a plan to foster the rebirth of Catholicism in Moldova, a former Soviet satellite now besieged by crime and corruption. Archbishop Cosmo Francesco Ruppi of …