Jubilee of Artists

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Statues illuminated in ethereal blue light during the special evening access to St. Peter's Basilica for the Jubilee of Artists, Feb. 16, 2025.

At Vatican evening event, historic St. Peter’s bell ‘speaks’ through new sound installation

Feb 17, 2025

By Hannah Brockhaus

The work by American artist Bill Fontana transforms the resonances of the 9-ton bell into an immersive acoustic experience. Read more

Left: Banners at Rome’s Gemelli University Hospital. Right: Pope Francis waves from a wheelchair, Feb. 13, 2025.

Pope Francis spends peaceful second night at hospital, prays for peace at Angelus

Feb 16, 2025

By AC Wimmer

Pope Francis spent a peaceful night and continued his treatment at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, still managing to share a prepared... Read more

Cardinal José Tolentino de Mendonça delivers Pope Francis’ homily at a Mass for the Jubilee of Artists in St. Peter’s Basilica, Feb. 16, 2025.

Pope Francis’ message to artists: Be witnesses to ‘revolutionary vision of the Beatitudes’

Feb 16, 2025

By AC Wimmer

In a homily read by Cardinal José Tolentino de Mendonça, artists were urged to be “witnesses to the revolutionary vision... Read more