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Pope Francis’ Argentina: Lessons for the global church from the pope’s homeland
Pope Francis was raised in the city’s middle-class Flores neighborhood from the mid-1930s through the ’50s, a time period ...
Pope Francis Wants to Save the Environment. He Can Start With a Tree.
Environmentalists have called on the pope to halt the chopping down of a tree destined for St. Peter’s Square this Christmas, ...
From AI And 400,000 Photos, A Richly Detailed St. Peter’s Basilica
Microsoft teams with the Vatican and French startup Iconem to create an intricately detailed digital twin of St. Peter’s ...
What to Know About Traveling to Rome in 2025, When Millions Are Expected to Visit for the Jubilee
From construction, to crowds, and an increased tourist tax, locals share what travelers should know ahead of the Jubilee next ...
Local fine art studio creates statue for Vatican
Rotblatt Amrany Studio artists Lou Cella and Jessica LoPresti collaborated in 2022 on the bronze sculpture of “Chicago’s ...
Can Ukraine win over Donald Trump?
Trump is likely to be "attuned" to the consequences of a total Russian takeover of Ukraine, making "strong-arming Kyiv to ...
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You Can Now Tour an A.I.-Enhanced ‘Digital Twin’ of a 16th-Century Vatican Church
It’s now possible to wander the St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican emptied of tourists and worshippers. This comes courtesy ...
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Vatican and Microsoft partner to showcase St. Peter’s Basilica through AI technology
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Visitors to Rome will have the opportunity to experience St. Peter’s Basilica in a new way as part of an ...
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Vatican, Microsoft Unveil AI-Generated ‘Digital Twin’ of St. Peter’s
Aimed at reaching out to people unable to go to Rome for the Holy Year and helping the millions who are expected to visit St.
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Pope Francis appoints papal preacher inspired by the Gospel, St. Francis and ‘The Catcher in the Rye’
The Vatican has announced the appointment of Capuchin Father Roberto Pasolini as the new papal preacher, succeeding Cardinal ...
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Pope Francis marks first millennium since birth of St. Bernard, patron of mountaineers
Bernard, also known as St. Bernard of Menthon, lived from about 1020–1081 in what are now the countries of France, ...
Vatican, Microsoft create AI-generated St. Peter’s Basilica to allow virtual visits, log damage
A digital twin of St. Peter’s Basilica has been created using artificial intelligence to explore one of the world’s most ...