Sydney Morning Herald6d
No Michelangelo, but Rome’s other Sistine Chapel is just as impressive
The impressive dome ceiling in Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica in Rome.Credit: Getty Images However, the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel is not the only one in Rome. And the one inside the Basilica ...
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Pope Francis arrives home to the Vatican after five-week hospital stay
He made a short stop at the Papal Basilica to pray - a place on the other side of the city he often visits before and after any trips he makes, and where he has said he wants to be buried ...
U.S. News & World Report6d
The Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi
If you're an architecture buff, take some time to check out the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi, which was constructed beginning in 1869. Located a block east of the Santa Fe Plaza ...
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Our Lady of the Pillar now a minor basilica
THE Archdiocesan Shrine of the Blessed Sacrament Church of Our Lady of the Pillar in Santa Cruz, Manila, is now a minor basilica, as approved by Pope Francis. The title represents a bond between the ...