Modern Colosseum. Modern Colosseum-Colosseum. During the modern times, 16th and 17th century, the Colosseum became of great interest for the Church. Pope Sixtus V wanted to turn the building into a wool factory.The idea was to provide employment for Rome's prostitutes.His plan never became a reality, because of his premature death.n the 20th and 21st centuries, The Colosseum became a site for Roman Catholic ceremonies. Pope Benedict XVI performs the Stations of the Cross called the Scriptural Way of the Cross, on Good Fridays.
Department of State offices to be closed for Presidents Day. FEB. 6, 2012. Secretary of State Ruth Johnson reminds residents that all branch offices and the Office of the Great Seal will be closed in observance of Presidents Day on Monday, Feb. 20. The Department of State mails notices to motorists 45 days before their driver's license or license plates expire to give them ample time to renew.
From October 1 to October 17, 2013, the United States federal government entered a shutdown and curtailed most routine operations because neither legislation appropriating funds for fiscal year 2014 nor a continuing resolution for the interim authorization of appropriations for fiscal year 2014 was enacted in time. Regular government operations resumed October 17 after an interim appropriations bill was signed into law. During the shutdown, approximately 800,000 federal employees were indefinite