Pope Francis will celebrate Vaticanthe traditional Christmas Eve midnight mass in a recently restored St. Peter’s Basilica. The restoration is part of preparations for the Jubilee Year 2025, an important event for the Catholic Church that symbolizes reconciliation and renewal. A Jubilee Year, which dates back to 1300, is a time of pilgrimage and reflection. … Read more
St. Peter’s Basilica restoration reveals centuries-old details for first time – CBS News Watch CBS News Chris Livesay visited St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican to see the recently restored historic features. These features are now fully visible for the first time in generations as part of major preservation efforts in Rome. Be the first … Read more
Paris — After more than five years of frantic reconstruction work, Notre-Dame Cathedral showed itself to the world on Friday, with high, rebuilt ceilings and creamy, like-new stone erasing dark memories of its devastating 2019 fire. French television broadcast live footage of President Emmanuel Macron visiting the iconic cathedral, which looked like one worshipers might … Read more