By Elena Dini ROME — A group of Lay Centre scholars experienced the grace of participating in Rome's historic Lenten Station Masses just days before the ban on the public celebration of the Eucharist came into effect. The local practice of …
By Elena Dini ROME — Rebecca Eisenstadt is spending a semester in Rome as a recipient of the Brenninkmeijer-Werhahn Fellowship at the Pontifical Gregorian University. She and her family moved from the United States to Israel, where she grew up in …
By Elena Dini ROME— Hülya Haciismailoglu once saw the photo of a statue of a woman in a book. At first glance, she thought it was a Catholic representation of Mary, the mother of Jesus, but then discovered it was Fatima, the daughter of the …
By Heather Walker FRASCATI, Italy — A group of 26 people from around the world piled into four minivans and a car Oct. 18, and left behind the bustling Eternal City headed for the Capuchin Friary in Frascati, in the beautiful, green, rolling …