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A restoration expert uses a laser to clean a Renaissance fresco in the Hall of Raphael in the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace in 2021. | Credit: A. Prinzivalle/Vatican City State Governorate/Vatican Museums Directorate

Vatican begins 5-year, 5-million-euro restoration of Renaissance frescoes in Hall of Raphael

The conservation work marks “a pivotal moment both in the history of restoration and in the history of
St. Peter’s Basilica. | Credit: cinemavision/Shutterstock

Vatican formally notifies SSPX bishops of excommunication

Because the traditionalist group consecrated bishops without papal approval, the Vatican issued a decree on July 2 declaring
Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state. | Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News

Parolin: SSPX ordinations are ‘schismatic’

Cardinal Pietro Parolin said the episcopal ordinations carried out without papal mandate by the Society of St. Pius
Sister Alessandra Smerilli, FMA, was appointed prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development by Pope Leo XIV on June 30, 2026. | Credit: Daniel Ibanez/EWTN News

Pope Leo XIV names nun, cardinal to succeed Cardinal Czerny at human development office

Sister Alessandra Smerilli, FMA, is the third woman in history to be nominated to lead a Vatican dicastery.
Jehan Bellegambe (1470-1536), “The Blood of Christ” (photo: Public Domain)

Blood of Christ, Victor Over Demons, Save Us

“You were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your fathers… with the precious blood of Christ, like
Participants in the conferences organized by the Vatican Observatory from June 22-26, 2026. | Credit: Vatican Observatory

Vatican Observatory addresses one of science’s greatest enigmas: quantum gravity

A conference addressed the subject of quantum gravity with regard to the incompatibility of quantum mechanics with general

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