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Catholic universities in Rome send students packing amid coronavirus fears
- Mar 2, 2020
As fears continue to mount over the spread of the coronavirus in Italy, several Catholic universities have ordered students abroad in Rome to return home – a move some have called extreme.

By Elise Ann Allen
Guides fear overreaction to vandalism risks turning St. Peter’s into a ‘museum’
- Sep 9, 2019
Two separate incidents of vandalism in a restricted area inside St. Peter’s Basilica last week have created a stir in the Eternal City, prompting some to question whether further protections and security measures are needed.

By Elise Harris
Da Vinci masterpiece on loan from Vatican to be displayed in New York
- Jul 12, 2019
One year after the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s record-breaking exhibit on the Catholic imagination, the landmark museum is set to display a Vatican owned masterpiece beginning next week.

By Christopher White

Notre Dame fire showed that beauty still matters, art historian says
- Apr 17, 2019
As people in Paris and around the world watched in horror as flames consumed the roof of Notre Dame Cathedral, the blaze also stirred genuine emotions that could come only from witnessing the loss of beauty, art historian Elizabeth Lev said.

By Junno Arocho Esteves
Historian argues that Church’s embrace of art saved the faith
- Dec 26, 2018
Art historian Elizabeth Lev makes the case that it was the art produced after the Protestant Reformation that helped save the Catholic faith.

By Christopher White
Hollywood meets Holy See: Making movies at the Vatican
- May 17, 2018
When it comes to filmmaking inside the square or on Vatican property, only the Secretariat for Communication decides who gets the green light. They prefer documentaries.

By Robert Duncan

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