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Two young Bernini 'souls' on show at Vatican
Two youthful masterpieces by Baroque great Gian Lorenzo Bernini are on show at the Vatican Museums after leaving their previous hard-to-visit seat at the Spanish embassy to the Holy See. The works, ...
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Vatican calls for harmony in Diwali message of unity amidst diversity
(Photo by Tanusree Mitra / unsplash.com) As millions of Hindus prepare to celebrate Diwali, the festival of lights, the Vatican has called on Christians and Hindus to foster harmony across ...
La Croix4d
Vatican agreement on appointment of bishops in China extended, announces Beijing
The Vatican and Beijing signed a secret agreement in 2018 on the sensitive issue of appointing bishops in China. (Photo from Pexels) China has reached an agreement with the Vatican to extend for ...
Arlington Catholic Herald4d
World needs artisans, small businesses to promote common good, pope says
Artisans, tradespersons and craftspersons make the world more beautiful and are collaborators in God's creativity and desire ...
Electrician Finds Rare 17th-century Frescoes In Rome Palace
Rare frescoes dating back to the 17th century have been found by chance by an electrician working in Rome's Villa Farnesina. The Renaissance works were discovered a year ago behind a false ceiling ...
The Caledonian Record5d
NEK Man Wanted For Newport Vehicle Theft Arrested In Littleton
Newport Police reported the arrest of a Charleston man wanted for the theft of a vehicle in Newport City. Harold Nadeau Jr., ...
From AI And 400,000 Photos, A Richly Detailed St. Peter’s Basilica
Microsoft teams with the Vatican and French startup Iconem to create an intricately detailed digital twin of St. Peter’s ...
Local fine art studio creates statue for Vatican
Rotblatt Amrany Studio artists Lou Cella and Jessica LoPresti collaborated in 2022 on the bronze sculpture of “Chicago’s ...
2,100 Fakes Rounded Up in Art Forgeries Bust
Italian officials said they had dismantled a Europe-wide network of forgers and dealers selling works purported to be by ...
Artnet7d
You Can Now Tour an A.I.-Enhanced ‘Digital Twin’ of a 16th-Century Vatican Church
It’s now possible to wander the St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican emptied of tourists and worshippers. This comes courtesy ...
National Catholic Reporter7d
Vatican and Microsoft partner to showcase St. Peter’s Basilica through AI technology
In 2025, Rome and the Vatican will host a jubilee, a 25-year anniversary. More than 30 million pilgrims are expected to visit ...
Smithsonian Magazine12d
Meet the Italian ‘Fruit Detective’ Who Investigates Centuries-Old Paintings for Clues About Produce That Has Disappeared From the Kitchen Table
Renaissance paintings, medieval archives ... (The monasteries retain considerable autonomy from the Vatican in how they manage their land.) So Dalla Ragione began visiting the still-active ...