This is Beirut, 19/02 10:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Pope Francis's heart is holding up very well despite his pneumonia, a Vatican source said Wednesday, amid growing concerns over the hospitalised 88-year-old's condition. The pontiff was admitted to a Rome hospital with bronchitis last week after suffering breathing difficulties, but the Holy See revealed on Tuesday evening that he had ...
Bélinda Ibrahim, 18/02 18:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Steeped in unrelenting tension, Conclave, directed by Edward Berger and adapted from Robert Harris’s novel, pulls viewers into the inner workings of religious power struggles. Following the sudden death of the pope, the College of Cardinals convenes in the utmost secrecy to choose his successor. But behind the sealed doors of the Sistine Chapel, ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-25 11:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Christians across the world celebrated Christmas Wednesday, with the mood darkened by wars and a massive Christmas morning attack on Ukraine by Russia and a plane crash in Kazakhstan. With the war in Gaza also showing no signs of ending, Pope Francis was also expected to call for peace in the Middle East during his traditional "Urbi et Orbi" ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-24 17:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
A few hundred worshippers gathered in and around the Church of the Nativity in the Palestinian city of Bethlehem, the birthplace of Christianity, where Christmas celebrations are overshadowed for the second consecutive year by the war in the Gaza Strip. At the Vatican, Pope Francis is inaugurating the Catholic Church's "Holy Year" ...
This is Beirut, 2024-11-30 14:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The Vatican becomes the epicenter of a gripping political thriller with Conclave, in theaters starting December 4. Led by a brilliant cast headed by Ralph Fiennes, the film delves into the behind-the-scenes drama of a conclave, as its name suggests, where cardinals, ambitions, and betrayals intertwine, revealing a world of secrets and maneuvering ...
This is Beirut, 2024-11-12 14:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Vatican Rome AI Basilica Heritage
The public will soon be able to access every detail of St. Peter’s Basilica through a virtual portal, thanks to 400,000 images of the monument analyzed by artificial intelligence, according to a project presented Monday at the Vatican. Starting December 1, visitors to the basilica's official website will discover a digital reconstruction of its ...
ici, 2024-09-09 13:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Pope Francis arrived in East Timor on Monday, where he was greeted by huge, demonstrative crowds lining the roads of Dili, the capital of this predominantly Catholic country, where his visit is arousing unprecedented fervor. Pope Francis arrived to a rock star welcome on Monday in East Timor, where he will rally the Catholic-majority nation's ...