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Journalists attend the press preview of the exhibition "Bernini and the Barberini" at Palazzo Barberini in Rome on Feb. 11, 2026, with the marble statues from The Four Seasons cycle by Pietro Bernini and his son Gian Lorenzo Bernini on display. (Credit: Domenico Stinellis/AP.)

Bernini and the pope who promoted him celebrated as Vatican marks 400 years of St. Peter’s Basilica

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President Donald Trump speaks at a hearing of the Religious Liberty Commission at the Museum of the Bible, Sept. 8, 2025, in Washington. (Credit: Alex Brandon/AP.)

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