Vatican diplomacy: revealed by someone who was a correspondent for four years

Moving behind the scenes in Vatican diplomacy is no easy task. It poses a challenge for any journalists who arrive to cover the inner workings of the smallest state in the world. Loup Besmond was a correspondent for the French outlet La Croix for...

Vatican City: Man Drops His Pants and Urinates on Papal Altar of St Peter’s Basilica During Holy Mass; Video Goes Viral

Vatican city witnessed a shocking act of desecration at St. Peter’s Basilica on Friday when an unidentified man urinated on the Altar of Confession during a 9:00 am Holy Mass, local media reported. The altar, typically used by the Pope during...

Vatican shocked: Man urinates on St. Peter’s Basilica Altar during Holy Mass, Pope reacts - Video sparks outrage

Hundreds of visitors at St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City were left stunned on Friday morning when an unidentified man urinated on the Altar of Confession during a 9 a.m. holy mass, Italian media and international outlets reported. The shocking...

First Vice-President Mehriban Aliyeva's meeting with Pope Leo XIV in spotlight of Vatican and Italian media outlets

Vatican, October 18, AZERTAC The authoritative media outlets of the Holy See and Italy widely covered the meeting of the First Vice-President of Azerbaijan Mehriban Aliyeva with Pope Leo XIV on October 17, as part of her official visit to the...

Climate leader Priyanka Lalla makes history at Vatican’s Raising Hope Conference

Cas­tel Gan­dol­fo, Italy—Nine­teen-year-old Priyan­ka Lal­la, UNICEF Youth Ad­vo­cate for the East­ern Caribbean, be­came the youngest in­vit­ed speak­er at the pres­ti­gious Rais­ing Hope Con­fer­ence, held at Pope Leo XIV’s Sum­mer Palace to...

First VP Mehriban Aliyeva's visit to Vatican clearly shines Azerbaijan's commitment to ...

Assistant to the President of Azerbaijan and Head of the Foreign Policy Affairs Department of the Presidential Administration, Hikmet Hajiyev, shared a post on his official X page regarding the visit of First Vice President Mehriban Aliyeva to the...

'It's not enough...Andrew should be behind bars': Mounting calls for police probe over Epstein scandal as King's confidant says Charles has been 'embarrassed and angry' over his brother's behaviour

Andrew should be behind bars, Virginia Giuffre's brother claimed last night as calls grow for the former prince to be criminally investigated over his links to Jeffrey Epstein. Last night, King Charles sensationally stripped Andrew out of his...

Vatican’s top diplomat condemns Israel’s “ongoing massacre” in Gaza

The Vatican strongly condemned Israel's actions in Gaza, with a top cardinal accusing the country of an "ongoing massacre" of civilians. This marks a significant shift to stronger, more direct language from the Holy See. The criticism centers on...

Azerbaijan strengthens ties with Vatican with restorations in Holy See

By&nbspEsmira Aliyeva Published on 18/10/2025 - 20:05 GMT+2 The historic Catacombs of Commodilla, dating back to the 4th century, have been fully restored in the Holy See with Azerbaijan’s support and were opened in a ceremony attended by the...

Lebanese President joins Vatican ceremony to declare Bishop Maloyan a saint

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and First Lady Nehmat Aoun departed Beirut’s Rafic Hariri International Airport heading to Rome to attend a celebratory Mass at the Vatican on Sunday, during which Blessed Bishop Ignatius Maloyan will be declared a...

Britain’s King Charles to visit Vatican and focus on ecumenism, ecology

VATICAN CITY — The official state visit of Britain’s King Charles III and Queen Camilla to Pope Leo XIV and the Vatican will focus on ecumenism and ecology, Vatican officials said Oct. 17. After their private meeting with the pope Oct. 23, the...

Mehriban Aliyeva’s visit to Vatican ‘example of Azerbaijan’s cultural, humanitarian diplomacy’ - presidential aide

Hikmet Hajiyev, a senior aide to Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev and Head of the Foreign Policy Department of the Presidential Administration, has described the visit to the Vatican by Azerbaijan’s First Vice President Mehriban Aliyeva as a...

Presidential aide: Mehriban Aliyeva's visit to Vatican vividly demonstrate Azerbaijan’s commitment to interfaith dialogue

Assistant to the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan – Head of the Foreign Policy Affairs Department of the Presidential Administration Hikmet Hajiyev has made a post on his “X” account regarding the visit of the country’s First Vice-President...

First Vice-President of Azerbaijan Mehriban Aliyeva visited Vatican Apostolic Library VIDEO

Vatican, October 18, AZERTAC On October 17, First Vice-President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Mehriban Aliyeva visited the Vatican Apostolic Library. Archbishop Giovanni Cesare Pagazzi, Head of the Apostolic Library and Apostolic Archive,...

First Vice-President Mehriban Aliyeva met with President of Governorate of Vatican City State VIDEO

Vatican, October 18, AZERTAC On October 17, First Vice-President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Mehriban Aliyeva met with Sister Raffaella Petrini, President of the Governorate of Vatican City State. During the meeting, Sister Raffaella Petrini...

First Vice-President Mehriban Aliyeva, along with family members, attended tree planting ceremony in Vatican Gardens VIDEO

Vatican, October 18, AZERTAC On October 17, First Vice-President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Mehriban Aliyeva, along with family members, and Sister Raffaella Petrini, President of the Governorate of Vatican City State, participated in a tree...

First Vice-President of Azerbaijan Mehriban Aliyeva met with Vatican’s Secretary of State VIDEO

Vatican, October 17, AZERTAC On October 17, First Vice-President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Mehriban Aliyeva met with Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State of the Vatican. First Vice-President Mehriban Aliyeva expressed her pleasure at...

First Vice-President Mehriban Aliyeva`s visit to Vatican in spotlight of world media outlets

Baku, October 18, AZERTAC The official visit of the First Vice-President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Mehriban Aliyeva to the Holy See and the meetings held were widely covered by world media outlets. The Argentine "Real Politik" News Agency...

Notre Dame hosts landmark panel in Rome on the impact of AI in education

Last night in the setting of a historic 16th-century library in the heart of Rome, the University of Notre Dame Australia hosted a thought-provoking panel discussion titled “How to ‘cultivate the intellect’ in the Age of AI – a dialogue with St...

First VP Mehriban Aliyeva meets with President of Governorate of Vatican City State [PHOTOS/VIDEO]

On October 17, First Vice-President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Mehriban Aliyeva met with Sister Raffaella Petrini, President of the Governorate of Vatican City State. During the meeting, Sister Raffaella Petrini expressed deep and sincere...