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The Observatory's headquarters remain in Italy at Castel Gandolfo. In early 2008, the Vatican announced that the Observatory would be relocated to a former convent a mile away from the castle as part of a general reconstruction of the Papal residence. Its former space would be used to provide more
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led the Vatican's contribution to the project until his death in 1894. In the early twentieth-century Father John Hagen took over the project and recruited a group of nuns from the Sisters of the Holy Child Mary to work on the necessary recording and calculations. The sisters were Sisters Emilia
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room for the reception of diplomatic visitors. The old quarters in the castle were cramped and very poorly laid out for the Observatory's use. VORG research activities in Arizona continued unaffected.
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In the late nineteenth-century the Vatican Observatory was part of a group of top astronomy institutions from around the world which worked together to create a photographic "Celestial Map" ("
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obstructed its view. Its instruments were transferred to the College Observatory. A third facility, the Observatory of the Capitol, was operated from 1827 to 1870.
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in the Tower of the Winds within the Vatican was established under the direction of Msgr. Filippo Luigi Gilii (1756–1821). When Msgr. Gilii died, the
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In the 18th century, the Papacy actively supported astronomy, establishing the Observatory of the Roman College in 1774. In 1787–1789, the
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relocated the Observatory to Castel Gandolfo, which is 25 kilometres (16 mi) southeast of Rome. By 1961, the same problems with
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The Church has had a long-standing interest in astronomy, due to the astronomical basis of the calendar by which holy days and
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By the 1930s, the smoke and sky-glow of the city had made it impossible to conduct useful observations in Rome.
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Lights in the Sky: Identifying and Understanding Astronomical and Meteorological Phenomena
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was closed down because it was inconvenient for students in the city because the dome of
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at sunset in 1960. In 1993, VORG completed construction of the 1.8 metres (71 in)
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Silver medal celebrating the 1891 Pope Leo XIII's inauguration of the new observatory
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made observing difficult at Castel Gandolfo. The Observatory then established the
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Activities of Public Juridical Persons of the Church in the Healthcare Sector
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College for the review of appeals by clergy accused of delicta reservata
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was completed in 1580 for his purpose, designed by Bolognese architect
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Commission of Cardinals overseeing the Institute for Works of Religion
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was awarded to former observatory director, the American Jesuit, Fr.
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Verification and Application of Mitis Iudex in the Churches of Italy
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Ponzoni, Regina Colombo, Concetta Finardi and Luigia Panceri.
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Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Heritage of the Church
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Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff
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D.K.J. O'Connell produced the first color photographs of a
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Vatican Observatory and pontifical palace, Castel Gandolfo
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Secretariate of Briefs to Princes and of Latin Letters
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Revision of the General Regulations of the Roman Curia
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Catholic Church and science § Vatican Observatory
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The Vatican Observatory. In the Service of Nine Popes
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Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
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