Restorers complete work on the canopy covering St. Peter’s main altar ahead of the 2025 Jubilee
Restorers have put the finishing touches on the ornate canopy covering the main altar in St. Peter’s Basilica, which has been ...
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PHOTOS: Vatican to Unveil Restored Baldacchino in St. Peter’s Basilica on Oct. 27
Pope Urban VIII commissioned Bernini in 1624 to design and build the enormous canopy over the Papal Altar of the Confession, ...
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LA’s rookie auxiliaries return from Vatican’s ‘bishops school’
Bishops Albert Bahhuth, Matt Elshoff, Brian Nunes, and Slawomir Szkredka report back from a Vatican course for new Catholic ...
Gilded Canopy Restored At Vatican Basilica
Experts conducting the first renovation in 250 years of a towering altar canopy in the Vatican provided a sneak peek of their ...
"Vatican symbol" Valdakino will be released on the 27th after 10 months of restoration.
The Valdakino, a huge structure located in the middle of the Vatican's St. Peter's Basilica, will soon be open to the public ...
Vatican City, the world’s smallest country, spans 100 acres but hosts millions of visitors annually
Vatican City is a holy place, home to the pope and the center of Christianity. Very few live in Vatican City, but millions ...
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Bernini's Baldachin restored
The famed Baldachin of St Peter's, the magnificent Baroque masterpiece by Gian Lorenzo Bernini that rises above the high ...
I came face-to-face with the Nike-wearing saint
Unless you have looked at a picture to prepare yourself, at first sight the tomb of the Blessed Carlo Acutis, which stands in ...
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Steven A. Schoenig, S.J., Ph.D.
So far the chief topic of my research has been the pallium, a woolen band used as a liturgical vestment and a papal badge, which the medieval popes laid upon the tomb of St. Peter and then conferred ...