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Victory Day On Red Square: 5 Things To Watch In This Year's Kremlin War Anniversary
For Kremlin watchers, May 9 is a tea-leaf event, providing clues for possible shifts in thinking for Vladimir Putin, in power ...
Waiting for the Smoke That Heralds a New Pope
As 133 cardinals were sequestered in the Sistine Chapel where they would vote for a new leader of the Catholic Church, the ...
Why ‘The Calling of Saint Matthew’ by Caravaggio was Pope Francis’ favorite painting − an art historian explains
The motto that Francis selected for his papacy, ‘looking at him with mercy, he chose him,’ was inspired by Caravaggio’s ...
A new pope’s first appearance on St. Peter’s balcony is rich with symbols − and Francis’ decision to rein in the pomp spoke volumes
From his new name to the title he uses to introduce himself, a pope’s first appearance involves symbolic choices that signal ...
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Revealing the Secret History of Rembrandt’s ‘The Night Watch’
Watch" is a jewel in Rijksmuseum's collection, visited by millions each year, but it holds more mysteries than many know.
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Peter Cochrane | Where the Image Hesitates and the Self Disappears
You have to be delusional to be an artist.” That’s how Peter Cochrane closes our conversation. We’re sitting across from each ...
Vatican closes Sistine Chapel as cardinals prepare to elect new pope
The Vatican is closing the Sistine Chapel to the public as part of its preparations for the conclave to elect the next pope ...
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Pope Francis worried about greeting crowd in St. Peter’s Square but was thankful he did, report says
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis was thankful that he was able to greet throngs of people in St. Peter’s Square on Easter ... showing him in red vestments and his bishop’s miter in a wooden ...