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Dome of St. Peter’s will debut new lighting for Easter
The 14,000-ton, five-century-old dome of St. Peter’s Basilica will debut new lighting this coming Easter to further enhance Michelangelo’s magnificent work. According to Vatican News ...
Pope makes another surprise appearance at St. Peter’s, greeting restorers of papal tombs
Two art restorers were putting the final touches on a months-long restoration of the tomb of Pope Urban VIII, who in 1626 ...
The New York Times5d
Pope Makes a Surprise Visit — and Style Statement — in St. Peter’s
Appearing publicly in street clothes for the first time as pontiff, Pope Francis went into St. Peter’s Basilica to pray and ... The 88-year-old pope was hospitalized for five weeks in February ...
National Catholic Register27d
New ‘Minecraft’ Edition Has Students Restore St. Peter’s Basilica, One Block at a Time
“Those who play with St. Peter’s Basilica in Minecraft Education ... about the basilica’s history, art and architecture. Eleven-year-old Michael Sterpi was one of the lucky students selected ...
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Pope makes another surprise appearance at St. Peter's, greeting restorers of papal tombs
The recent restoration of the funerary monument of Urban VIII is displayed to journalists inside St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Friday, April 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) 32,903 ...