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Pope Francis baptises 21 babies in annual ceremony at the Sistine Chapel

Vatican City AP Pope Francis baptised 21 babies in the Sistine Chapel on Sunday under the ceiling frescoed by Michelangelo, in what has become an annual tradition that marks the end of the Christmas holiday period at the Vatican. Francis celebrated the Lord’s gift of faith to the children, stressing they were the protagonists of […]

“Welcome back!” Several famed museums reopen across Europe

Coronavirus museums Rijksmuseum

Amsterdam, The Netherlands AP In the Netherlands, the intimate gaze of the Girl with the Pearl Earring can once again startle and entice visitors. Down in Spain, the rusty maze of steel sheets by Richard Serra is a wonderland anew for art lovers. And at the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam can drop […]

High art meets high-tech in Vatican 3D film about Raphael

Raphael movie

RNS Italian actor Flavio Parenti, as Raphael, in a scene from the Sistine Chapel in the 3D film ‘Raphael – Prince of the Arts’. PICTURE: Sky and Nexo Digital He was a child prodigy who became one of the most famous artists in the world, and more than six million tourists come to see his […]