Art, Food and the air of Rome. Curated by Lucy Gordon
From ancient aqueducts to "nasoni" By Lucy Gordan The Trevi Fountain is the largest and most spectacular of Rome’s fountains, designed to glorify the three Popes who commissioned it: Clement XII (r. 1730-40), Benedict XIV (r. 1740-58), and Clement XIII (r. 1758-74) Rome is nicknamed “The Eternal City” thanks to her monuments from all [...]
By Leonid Sevastianov Pope Francis in 2019, before the Ukraine war, meeting with Leonid Sevastianov and his wife, Russian opera singer Svetlana Kasyan Leonid Sevastianov, 46, is a leadeer of the “Old Believers” in Russia, a Russian Orthodox religious community which maintains liturgical rites in their pre-1660s form. Sevastianov, husband of international opera star [...]
2025 Jubilee of Hope Diary: The Jubilee of Communication, held in Rome on January 24, 2025 By Anna Artymiak* Note: This report is from Polish journalist Anna Artymiak’s diary for January 24, 2025. Thanks to the eyewitnesses and chroniclers of the time, we know that 725 years ago, in 1300, the [...]
“This is not just a concert, it is an act of love, a concrete gesture towards those less fortunate, an invitation to reflect on what unites us as human beings.” – Hans Zimmer, 67, multiple award-winning film score composer By Robert Moynihan Award-winning film score composer Hans Zimmer with Robert Moynihan at St. Peter’s in [...]
The reflections of a Polish journalist who has been in Rome for 15 years, on the occasion of the second anniversary of the death of Pope Benedict XVI (d. December 31, 2022) By Anna Artymiak Archbishop Georg Gaenswein celebrates Holy Mass at the tomb of Pope Benedict XVI in the Vatican Grottoes on January 31, [...]
More than a century ago, Monsignor Robert Hugh Benson foresaw the rise of secular humanism, the contraction of the Catholic Church, and the coming of the Antichrist By ITV Staff Editor’s Note: The passage below is from the novel Lord of the World, written by the English Catholic convert Monsignor Robert Hugh Benson (the son of [...]
“It Is right to talk about the genocide in Gaza, the Pope did well” – Cardinal Fernando Garib By Franca Giansoldati (Il Messagero) Fernando Chomalì Garìb, 67, archbishop of Santiago, Chile, elevated to cardinal by Pope Francis in the 2024 consistory on December 7 Among the 21 new cardinals elevated by Pope Francis in [...]
"Two ways there are, one of life and one of death, and great is the difference between the two ways" — Opening of the Didachē tōn dodeka apostolōn (The Teaching of the Twelve Apostles), ca. first century, AD By Anthony Esolen* Mosaic of Christ in the apse of the Abbey Church of St. Maria Laach, Germany [...]
By Lucy Gordan Andrea Palladio, the architect of this votive church on the island of Giudecca, La Chiesa de Santissimo Redentore (The Church of the Most Holy Redeemer) Spread to human beings by fleas that had previously bitten infected rats, the bubonic plague or “black death” was a constant problem for Venice from its [...]
Holy Year pilgrims will trace paths trodden for centuries By ITV staff/CNA Rome’s Santa Croce in Gerusalemme church, founded by St. Helena in the fourth century. (photo: commons.wikimedia.org) Pilgrimage, travel to a holy place or for a holy purpose, has a long history in the Church. St. Helena, mother of Constantine, established the practice [...]
