Now playing Next no comment Statue struck by lightning painstakingly cleaned and rebuilt This 2,000-year-old statue of the demi-god is now on display at the Vatican Museums. It is being painstakingly restored to its former glory in a project due to last until December. 15/05/2023
Now playing Next Vatican Pope Francis outlines his vision for Europe's future Hungary's nationalist leader Viktor Orban and the Pontiff have starkly different views on migration and the war in Ukraine. 28/04/2023
Now playing Next Vatican Emanuela Orlandi: Pope slams claims against John Paul II as baseless One of the Vatican’s enduring mysteries took another twist Friday, April 14, 2023, with the Vatican pushing back hard against “slanderous” insinuations that St. John Paul II was involved in molesting young girls. 17/04/2023
Now playing Next Vatican Pope calls for peace in Northern Ireland to be consolidated Peace in Northern Ireland and the desire for peace in Ukraine marked Pope Francis' Easter service in Vatican City. 10/04/2023
Now playing Next Vatican Pope prays for both Ukrainian and Russian people at Easter Mass In an Easter message highlighting hope, Pope Francis on Sunday invoked prayers for both the Ukrainian and Russian people, praised nations which welcome refugees. 09/04/2023
Now playing Next Vatican Pope Francis misses Good Friday Way of the Cross procession The recently hospitalised Pope Francis will be watching from his home at the Vatican due to unseasonably cold night-time temperatures in Rome, the Holy See said. 07/04/2023
Now playing Next Vatican 'I'm still alive': Pope Francis jokes as he leaves hospital Pope Francis was discharged on Saturday from the Rome hospital where he was treated for bronchitis, quipping to journalists before being driven away: “I'm still alive.” 01/04/2023
Now playing Next Vatican Pope Francis set to return home after three days in hospital In the first images of the Pope since his admission to hospital on Wednesday, Francis is seen baptising a newborn baby at Rome's Gemelli hospital, where he was being treated for bronchitis. 31/03/2023
Now playing Next Vatican Pope Francis 'gradually improving' after being hospitalised A Vatican spokesman said on Thursday that Pope Francis had resumed work from his hospital room at Rome’s Gemelli hospital. 30/03/2023
Now playing Next Vatican Pope Francis to stay in hospital for a few days due to infection Pope Francis is suffering from a respiratory infection and will stay in hospital for a few days 29/03/2023
Now playing Next Vatican Pope 'authorised hundreds of thousands' to free kidnapped nun Sister Gloria Cecilia Narvaez was kidnapped by al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb, which has bankrolled its insurgency by capturing Westerners. 18/03/2023
Now playing Next Vatican Nicaragua threatens Vatican ties over 'Nazi dictatorship' comments The comments come amid an ongoing crackdown on the Catholic Church in the Central American country. 13/03/2023
Now playing Next Vatican Pope Francis 10 years on: Reformer faces criticism from conservatives Pope Francis celebrates the 10th anniversary of his election Monday, far outpacing the "two or three" years he once envisioned for his papacy 13/03/2023
Now playing Next Vatican Pope John Paul II 'aware of child abuse', Polish TV alleges An investigation has accused the former head of the Catholic Church of trying to avoid the scandal by sending priests from one parish to another. 07/03/2023
Now playing Next Vatican Euroviews. View Q&A with Pietro Orlandi: Rome needs to stop bowing to the Vatican Italian politicians and the judiciary have always passively accepted the will and power of the ecclesiastical hierarchies. I hope that is now a thing of the past, Pietro Orlandi told Euronews. 03/03/2023
Now playing Next Vatican Italy's sluggish response to sexual abuse in the Catholic Church Italy's response to revelations of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church has been markedly different to that of other countries. Euronews speaks to victims and campaigners who are seeking justice. 01/02/2023
Now playing Next Vatican Pope says homosexuality 'not a crime' but maintains it's a 'sin' Pope Francis criticised laws that criminalise homosexuality as “unjust”, and called on Catholic bishops who support the laws to welcome LGBTQ people into the church. 25/01/2023
Now playing Next Vatican Homosexuality 'is not a crime': Pope talks prejudice, death and guns "I might die tomorrow, but I am under control," said the Pontiff in an interview with reporters. 25/01/2023
Now playing Next Vatican Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI's tomb open to the public The tomb of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI beneath St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City in now open to the public. The pontiff was buried on January 5th immediately following a funeral in St. Peter’s Square. 08/01/2023
Now playing Next Vatican Benedict XVI buried in Vatican Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI was laid to rest in a Vatican crypt after a service attended by 50,000 mourners. 05/01/2023
Now playing Next Culture news As Pope Benedict is buried, will a tell-all book unearth dark secrets? Archbishop Georg Gaenswein was one of Benedict's closest confidents. A new book by him promises to reveal the "dark manoeuvres" of his papacy. 05/01/2023
Now playing Next Vatican Thousands mourn as funeral held for Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican Police estimated that 100,000 people would attend Thursday's ceremonies, higher than an original estimate of 60,000. 05/01/2023
Now playing Next no comment Preparations at Vatican for Benedict XVI's funeral Logistic and Security preparations have begun at St Peter's Square for the funeral of Pope Benedict XVI 04/01/2023
Now playing Next Vatican Benedict XVI's funeral: How the Vatican will bury the pope emeritus The ceremony will be the first of its kind, as the Vatican has never had to bury a pope while another, reigning pope was still living. 04/01/2023
Now playing Next Vatican Benedict to have three coffin burial in funeral akin to reigning pope It will be the first funeral of a pontiff who resigned in six centuries. 03/01/2023
Now playing Next Vatican Benedict's admirers flock to Vatican to pay their respects The remains of former Pontiff Benedict XVI will lie in state at St Peter's Basilica for another two days before his funeral takes place on Thursday. 03/01/2023