Italian master artist Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel ceiling paintings exhibition is coming to the Philippines this 2023, bringing the frescoes of Biblical panels up close to the viewer.
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Filipino directors, actors win major awards at Asian Film Festival in Italy
Filipino filmmakers and actors together won four major awards at the 19th edition of the Asian Film Festival held in Rome, Italy.
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WATCH: Cardinal Chito Tagle celebrates 1st Simbang Gabi as Vatican official in Rome
Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio “Chito” Tagle has celebrated his first “Simbang Gabi” as a Vatican official in Rome leading the Holy Mass at the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, considered the largest Catholic Marian church.
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1st Filipino-Swiss Vatican guard Vincent Lüthi tasked to protect Pope
Vincent Lüthi is the first Filipino-Swiss guard to join the elite corps of soldiers sworn to protect the Pope in Vatican City, Rome.
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Cardinal Chito Tagle is Pope Francis’ new Prefect for Evangelization in the Vatican
Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio “Chito” Tagle on Monday began his new overseas post as the Prefect of the Vatican Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, the department in charge of the Catholic Church’s missionary activities worldwide.
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Celebrating Pope Francis’ 1st Simbang Gabi with Fr. Ricky Gente and Pinoy community in Rome, Italy
The historic first-ever Novena Mass or “Simbang Gabi” celebrated by Pope Francis for the Filipino Catholic community in Rome was observed by the whole world as the proceedings was streamed live – and all eyes were on Fr. Ricky Gente as he addressed the church leader at the end of the mass. On live television […]
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WATCH: Pope Francis celebrates 1st-ever Simbang Gabi in the Vatican
Pope Francis marked a milestone for the Filipino Catholic community as he celebrated the Vatican’s first-ever Papal-led “Simbang Gabi (Dawn/Night Novena Mass)” on Sunday. The Filipino Catholic community in Rome experienced the historic celebration of the Simbang Gabi Papal mass on December 15 in St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. The Simbang Gabi Novena Mass began […]
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Pope Francis to celebrate Simbang Gabi at St. Peter’s Basilica, the 1st-ever by a Pontiff
Pope Francis, the leader of the Catholic Church, will celebrate the first of the nine-day traditional Simbang Gabi Masses for the Filipino community on December 15 (Sunday) at the St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican. The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) announced on December 6 that the first-ever Misa de Gallo mass celebrated […]
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NAIA one of the most improved airports in the world in 2018
The Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) has been named as one of the world’s “most improved” airports in 2018, a global survey of London-based research firm Skytrax revealed. Travelers worldwide ranked NAIA – the Philippines’ primary gateway – as 10th place in Skytrax’s Top 10 World’s Most Improved Airports. Fiumicino Airport in Rome, Italy topped […]
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