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Pope in Pompeii one year after election: 'So many Christians offend God'
The Pontiff is on a pastoral visit to Campania, where he relaunched the call for peace that had marked the first words of his papacy. "The disarming and disarming peace" of a year ago in St Peter's Square became a prayer: "May God enlighten those who have responsibility for government".
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Pope Leo XIV carries cross through all 14 stations at Rome’s Colosseum
Italy witnessed a rare and highly symbolic Good Friday ceremony on 3 April as Pope Leo XIV carried a wooden cross through all 14 stations of the Way of the Cross at Rome’s Colosseum, the first time in decades that a pope has performed the full rite in person.
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Palazzo Altemps: a hidden museum of ancient sculpture in the heart of Rome
Amid Rome’s crowds of tourists and souvenir stalls, a Renaissance palace offers an escape from the chaos.
Just steps from the city’s busiest sights, Palazzo Altemps is a hidden gem where world-class Roman antiquities sit in near-empty rooms. Watch the video above for more.
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Colosseum's Commodus Passage reopens after extensive restoration work
The passage, constructed somewhere between the years 90 and 98, allowed emperors to get to their seats without having to use the main entrances, the vomitoria, through which the masses would spew forth into the Colosseum.
