During the Winter Games, some Milan churches are teaching Olympic values to thousands of kids

Olympic podiums are where the world’s best athletes win gold. But dozens of children on Feb. 9 received snowflake-shaped medals of their own in a Milan church a reminder that they, too, are champions in life. --- MILAN — Olympic podiums are where [...]

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Bernini and the pope who promoted him celebrated as Vatican marks 400 years of St. Peter’s Basilica

A new exhibition in Rome is celebrating one of the most important patron-artist relationships in European history, one that propelled a young prodigy named Gian Lorenzo Bernini into a towering figure of Baroque art and architecture. --- ROME — A new [...]

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Pope Leo XIV: Audience appeals for Colombian flood victims, sick & suffering worldwide, European unity

In Spanish-language remarks to pilgrims and tourists present in the Paul VI Hall for his weekly General Audience on Wednesday morning, the pontiff said he commends “the victims and all those affected by the severe floods in Colombia.” --- ROME – [...]

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