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Fresh pizza vending machine prompts curiosity, horror in Rome

Gabriele Pileri and Philip Pullella, Reuters
Posted at May 07 08:03 AM

"It's OK but it's not pizza," said a Naples native, who said it tasted more like a bread wrap. Read more »

TINGNAN: Kathryn Bernardo may throwback photos sa Rome trip noong 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 15 07:44 PM

Tila nami-miss na ng aktres na si Kathryn Bernardo ang makapag-travel sa iba’t ibang mga lugar matapos ibahagi ang ilang mga larawan sa kaniyang pagbisita sa Rome noong 2019 kasama ang nobyong si Daniel Padilla at ilan pang mga kasamahan sa showbiz.  Read more »

Chickenjoy wins over UK: Jollibee eyes growth in Europe with 50 stores in 5 years

Jessica Fenol, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 06 05:45 PM

Jollibee Foods Corp said Tuesday it would invest £50 million to grow its European network to 50 stores in the next 5 years.  Read more »

Children take center stage at Pope's scaled-back Good Friday service

Philip Pullella, Reuters
Posted at Apr 03 08:36 AM

Pope Francis presided at a scaled back "Way of the Cross" service held in an empty St. Peter's Square on Friday due to coronavirus restrictions, listening as children recounted their fears and dreams. Read more »

Pope makes surprise visit to homeless getting COVID-19 vaccine in Vatican

Reuters
Posted at Apr 02 08:17 PM

Pope Francis paid a surprise visit on Friday to homeless and poor people from Rome getting free COVID-19 vaccinations in the Vatican. Read more »

LOOK: Cardinal Tagle meets with Pope Francis on 60th anniversary of Pontificio Collegio Filippino

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 23 02:49 AM

MANILA - Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle on Tuesday met with Pope Francis, along with other clergy, religious people, and the laity, during the 60th anniversary of the Pontificio Collegio Filippino in Rome, Italy. Read more »

Filipino pop star No Rome's new single 'Spinning' features Charli XCX, The 1975

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 10 11:37 AM

Filipino pop star No Rome has released a new single titled “Spinning” featuring Charli XCX and The 1975.   Read more »

Guevarra’s speech reveals concern on ICC probe of Duterte

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Posted at Mar 08 09:53 PM

Despite President Duterte’s bravado that he is not worried about the complaints of crimes against humanity filed before the ICC against him and officials involved in the government’s bloody drug war, the speech of Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra before the UNHRC last Feb. 24 betrayed the administration’s concern about it.   Read more »

Pope, on Iraq visit, decries violence in God's name as 'greatest blasphemy'

Philip Pullella, Reuters
Updated as of Mar 07 12:59 AM

(UPDATE 2) - Pope Francis walked down a narrow alleyway in the holy city of Najav to hold a historic meeting with Iraq's top Shi'ite cleric and visited the birthplace of the Prophet Abraham on Saturday to condemn violence in the name of God as "the greatest blasphemy". Read more »

Pope Francis arrives in Baghdad for risky, historic Iraq tour

Philip Pullella and John Davison, Reuters
Updated as of Mar 05 07:27 PM

Pope Francis headed to Iraq on Friday for his most risky foreign trip since his election in 2013, and said he felt duty-bound to make the "emblematic" visit because the country had suffered so much for so long. Read more »

CBCP: Pope Francis to hold mass celebrating 500th anniversary of Christianity in PH

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 04 01:07 AM

MANILA (UPDATED) —Pope Francis will lead the Filipino community in Italy in the quincentennial celebration of Christianity in the Philippines. Read more »

Pope Francis expects to spend his final days in Rome: new book

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 28 07:36 AM

Pope Francis expects to die in Rome, still the Catholic pontiff, without returning to spend his final days in his native Argentina, according to a new book titled "The Health of Popes."   Read more »

Pope Francis appeals for Rome homeless as number of dead from cold rises

Philip Pullella, Reuters
Posted at Jan 24 10:55 PM

Pope Francis on Sunday urged Romans to help the homeless in the Italian capital, after a spike in the number dying from the cold.   Read more »

Pope Francis' doctor dies from coronavirus complication: report

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 10 10:42 PM

The personal doctor of Pope Francis has died due to complications from the novel coronavirus, the Catholic News Agency (CNA) said quoting a Vatican newspaper.    Read more »

Pope urges help for poor at low-key Christmas Eve Mass curbed by COVID

Philip Pullella, Reuters
Posted at Dec 25 08:36 AM

Pope Francis celebrated a low-key Christmas Eve Mass made somber by the coronavirus pandemic on Thursday and said people should feel obliged to help the needy because Jesus himself was born a poor outcast. Read more »

Restricted reunion

Cecilia Fabiano, LaPresse via AP
Posted at Dec 23 09:56 AM

Relatives touch each other's hand through a plastic film screen and a glass to avoid contracting COVID-19 at the San Raffaele center in Rome, Tuesday.  Read more »

Tagle to lead his first Simbang Gabi mass in Rome

Jackie de Vega, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 18 06:03 PM

Cardinal Luis Tagle will preside at his first Simbang Gabi on December 20, at Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: December 9, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 09 11:37 PM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

A private event for the Pope

Vatican Media Handout, Reuters
Posted at Dec 09 09:02 AM

Pope Francis makes a pre-dawn visit to the statue of Madonna near the Spanish Steps on the feast of the Immaculate Conception in Rome, Italy Read more »

Pope Francis cancels traditional pre-Christmas ceremony due to COVID-19

Philip Pullella, Reuters
Posted at Dec 01 01:12 AM

VATICAN CITY- Pope Francis has canceled a ceremony that traditionally begins Rome's Christmas season on Dec. 8 at the Spanish Steps because of coronavirus restrictions, the Vatican said on Monday. Read more »