Vatican newspaper - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 26 Mar 2020 05:59:29 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Vatican newspaper - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 160-year-old Vatican daily newspaper succumbs to coronavirus https://cathnews.co.nz/2020/03/26/vatican-newspaper-coronavirus/ Thu, 26 Mar 2020 06:53:22 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=125529 The Vatican daily newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, which Pope Francis has jokingly called "the party newspaper", suspended printing for only the third time in nearly 160 years on Wednesday due to the coronavirus. The paper, which was founded in 1861, will continue publishing online and most of its staff of about 60, including 20 journalists, will Read more

160-year-old Vatican daily newspaper succumbs to coronavirus... Read more]]> The Vatican daily newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, which Pope Francis has jokingly called "the party newspaper", suspended printing for only the third time in nearly 160 years on Wednesday due to the coronavirus.

The paper, which was founded in 1861, will continue publishing online and most of its staff of about 60, including 20 journalists, will work from home, editor Andrea Monda said.

"A newspaper and the paper on which it is printed are inextricably intertwined so it is sad that this is happening but the reality is that we are all facing a crisis," Monda told Reuters. Read more

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