Take a Tour of the Vatican Museums – from Home!

| 07/8/2024

By: Mary Shovlain

Visitors tour the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican Museums in this Feb. 21, 2020, file photo. The Vatican announced March 8 that the Vatican Museums will be closed until April 3 as a precaution against spread of the coronavirus. Also closed for the same duration are the necropolis under St. Peter's Basilica, museums at the pontifical villa at Castel Gandolfo, and the museums of the papal basilicas. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) See VATICAN-COVID-CLOSURES March 9, 2020.

Can’t make it to Italy and the Vatican this summer? You can still visit Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel, Raphael’s Rooms, and all the treasures of the Vatican Museums by taking the 360º virtual tours created to share these masterpieces with the world.

Just click on this link and you’re in!

A Word from Cardinal Dolan: Our Sorrowful Mother

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Cardinal Dolan shares the story of a young man and his mother, and the love of Our Sorrowful Mother.

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Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan

| 09/16/2026

U.S. Bishops’ Administrative Committee Establishes a Task Force on Artificial Intelligence

The group will focus on promoting policies and practices that protect human dignity, religious liberty, democratic institutions, workers, families, and vulnerable populations.

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The Good Newsroom

| 09/16/2026

National Migration Week To Focus on the Presence of Christ Within Each Migrant Child

For over 45 years, the U.S. Catholic Church has celebrated National Migration Week (NMW) by reflecting on its history as an immigrant Church and the ways in which the country has been enriched by generations of immigrants.

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The Good Newsroom

| 09/16/2026

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