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Touring Sistine Chapel exhibit gives visitors close-up look at ceiling frescoes
- Nov 21, 2020
The internationally acclaimed Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel Exhibition with its 34 life-size reproductions is designed to give visitors a closer look at the frescoes that adorn the ceiling of the chapel at the Vatican than if they visited in person.
Raphael’s tapestries briefly return to Sistine Chapel
- Feb 18, 2020
An artistic masterpiece conceived by the Renaissance master Raphael was on display for one week in the Sistine Chapel to help celebrate the 500th anniversary of the artist’s death.
Baptizing babies, Pope Francis defends practice of infant baptism
- Jan 12, 2020
On Sunday Pope Francis baptized more than 30 babies inside the Vatican and issued a clear defense of infant baptism in his homily, saying it gives children the strength to grow in the faith as they get older.
New cardinals: Pope’s choices stress dialogue, care for poor
- Oct 5, 2019
After the consistory to create new cardinals on Oct. 5, Pope Francis will have chosen more than half of the men who will enter the Sistine Chapel to elect his successor.
Pope baptizes babies, says faith must start at home
- Jan 13, 2019
Pope Francis celebrated Mass in the Sistine Chapel Sunday, where he marked the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord, as he does every year, by baptizing infants and telling their parents that to pass on the faith, they must start at home by both giving a good example and teaching their children the basics.
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.
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