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Benedictine Nuns' Album Debuts at No. 1

"Angels and Saints at Ephesus" Called a Heavenly Masterpiece

New York, (Zenit.org) Staff | 465 hits

A contemplative group of Benedictines from Missouri have a second No. 1 hit on their hands. "Angels and Saints at Ephesus," a follow-up to their hit record, "Advent at Ephesus," debuted last week at No. 1 on Billboard magazine’s Classical Traditional Music Chart. The album also earned the No. 2 spot on Billboa...

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Terra Sancta Museum to Open in Jerusalem

Museum Dedicated to Roots of Christianity Will be Unveiled in 2015

Jerusalem, (Zenit.org) | 419 hits

In 2015, in the heart of the Old City of Jerusalem, the Terra Sancta Museum – the only museum in the world dedicated to the roots of Christianity and the preservation of the Holy Places – …

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Vatican Museums Hosts Study Day on Pieta's Reconstruction

Mentally Disturbed Tourist Destroyed Parts of Sculpture on This Day in 1972

Vatican City, (Zenit.org) | 409 hits

On 21 May 1972, Michelangelo's Pieta, exhibited to the public in St. Peter's Basilica, was attacked by a hammer-wielding tourist who had managed to elude the sanctuary's guards. …

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A Decade of the Rosary in Art

10 Images of Our Lady From Rome Provide Mini Marian Pilgrimage

Rome, (Zenit.org) Elizabeth Lev | 1181 hits

May is the month when spring arrives in Rome in all its splendor, and citizens and visitors alike rejoice in the sunlight, scented jasmine and budding roses. Perhaps this is why one’s …

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Holy See to Participate in 55th International Art Exhibition in Venice

Contemporary Artistic Representation of the Book of Genesis to be Displayed

Vatican City, (Zenit.org) Junno Arocho Esteves | 645 hits

For the first time ever, the Holy See will be present at the 55th International Art Exhibition in Venice. The event, which is organized by la Biennale di Venezia, will be open to the public …

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A Window To the Mystery of God's Love

Iconographer Christina Munns Uses Artwork as an Instrument for the New Evangelization

Rome, (Zenit.org) Junno Arocho Esteves | 902 hits

For centuries, the art of iconography has provided a window to the divine, a doorway into history that not only serves as an artistic representation of a biblical event or of a saintly …

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