the Vatican
noun
1
: the place in Rome where the Pope lives and works
2
: the government of the Roman Catholic Church
The Vatican has announced a new appointment.
a Vatican official
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Under new guidelines revealed Friday, the Vatican has radically reformed its process for evaluating seemingly supernatural phenomena.
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Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 17 May 2024
Catholics last year reported a possible miracle to the Vatican.
—Jake Coyle, Chicago Tribune, 12 May 2024
But Newsom is flying to Rome that day to speak at a climate conference at the Vatican and bumped his presentation up to Friday.
—Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2024
Make time for sightseeing at the Colosseum, the Vatican and the Sistine Chapel.
—Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 10 May 2024
Today’s swearing-in ceremony was held in an inner courtyard of the Apostolic Palace with Bishop Edgar Penna Parra from the Vatican’s Secretary of State representing the pope.
—Phoebe Natanson, ABC News, 6 May 2024
At 75, Schnurr has reached the mandatory retirement of age for Catholic bishops, but bishops often work beyond that age if granted permission by the Vatican.
—Dan Horn, The Enquirer, 7 May 2024
The world’s smallest army, founded in 1506 by Pope Julius II, is still recruited from a group of Swiss towns and villages that have provided the Vatican since then with men who guard the pope and the Apostolic Palace.
—Phoebe Natanson, ABC News, 6 May 2024
Now in the Vatican Museums, the Laocoön is the most famous sculpture of antiquity, showing the priest of Apollo and his two sons struggling with a pair of flesh-eating snakes.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 6 May 2024
Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 17 May 2024
Catholics last year reported a possible miracle to the Vatican.
—Jake Coyle, Chicago Tribune, 12 May 2024
But Newsom is flying to Rome that day to speak at a climate conference at the Vatican and bumped his presentation up to Friday.
—Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2024
Make time for sightseeing at the Colosseum, the Vatican and the Sistine Chapel.
—Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 10 May 2024
Today’s swearing-in ceremony was held in an inner courtyard of the Apostolic Palace with Bishop Edgar Penna Parra from the Vatican’s Secretary of State representing the pope.
—Phoebe Natanson, ABC News, 6 May 2024
At 75, Schnurr has reached the mandatory retirement of age for Catholic bishops, but bishops often work beyond that age if granted permission by the Vatican.
—Dan Horn, The Enquirer, 7 May 2024
The world’s smallest army, founded in 1506 by Pope Julius II, is still recruited from a group of Swiss towns and villages that have provided the Vatican since then with men who guard the pope and the Apostolic Palace.
—Phoebe Natanson, ABC News, 6 May 2024
Now in the Vatican Museums, the Laocoön is the most famous sculpture of antiquity, showing the priest of Apollo and his two sons struggling with a pair of flesh-eating snakes.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 6 May 2024
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