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The theft comes at a time when gold prices have soared in global markets this year

For the first time since Russia’s all-out war, a delegation of Ukrainian children formerly abducted by Russian forces met the press in Rome on Wednesday. A senior official from Zelenskyy’s office said Ukraine wants to formalise the Vatican’s role as mediator to help secure the release of civilians.

Visitors are getting a rare glimpse inside Rome’s closely guarded Colonna Palace, a private home-museum long hidden from mass tourism.

Every year, millions visit Rome’s famous sites, but few enter the exclusive Colonna Palace.

Only a tiny fraction of tourists step inside the gilded halls of Rome’s most exclusive site: the Colonna Palace

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Rarely seen in public, the two-volume manuscript is now on display in Rome – as part of the Vatican’s Holy Year celebrations, a tradition held every quarter century and which draws tens of millions of pilgrims to Rome.

One of the most spectacular examples of Renaissance illuminated manuscripts is going on rare public display as part of the Vatican’s Holy Year celebrations

Gisella Cardia allegedly made €365,000 in donations from pilgrims to shrine in lakeside town near Rome