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by bcadmin | Jun 13, 2022 | Associated Press, Church in Europe, Italy, News, synagogue, Venice | 0 |
Venice’s Jewish ghetto is considered the first in Europe and one of the first in the world, and a new effort is underway to preserve its 16th-century synagogues for the Jews who have remained and tourists who pass through.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 21, 2021 | Associated Press, Catholic Church, Church in Europe, Climate change, Italy, News, second, Venice | 0 |
Sitting at Venice’s lowest spot, St. Mark’s Basilica offers a unique position to monitor the impact of rising seas on the city.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 2, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in Europe, Church in Italy, Italy, News, Venice | 0 |
Now that giant cruise ships are banned from fragile waterways near the historic center of Venice, the time has come for the city to become a model of sustainability and supportive of its residents, said Archbishop Francesco Moraglia of Venice.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 22, 2021 | Associated Press, Catholic Church, Christians in Iraq, Church in the Middle East, Iraq, Mosul, News, UNESCO, Venice | 0 |
The United Nations’ cultural agency has opened an exhibit detailing plans to restore multicultural landmarks in the Iraqi city of Mosul, underlining the role of architecture in helping heal wounds.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 31, 2021 | Associated Press, carnival, Catholic Church, Church in Europe, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, Lent, News, Venice | 0 |
The Italian canal city’s Carnival festivities should have started Saturday, but the COVID-19 pandemic has made its annual appointment for more than two weeks of merry-making impossible.
Read MoreSeveral Catholic dioceses in northern Italy have suspended Mass and other activities this week to help contain the spread of COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by coronavirus. The northern regions …
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 23, 2020 | Archbishop Rino Fisichella, Associated Press, Catholic Church, Church in Europe, Church in Italy, Coronavirus, Italy, News, Venice | 0 |
Scrambling to contain rapidly rising number of new coronavirus infections in Italy, the largest amount outside Asia, authorities on Sunday stepped up measures to ban public gatherings, including stopping Venice’s famed carnival events, which has drawn tens of thousands of revelers to a region that is now in the heart of the outbreak.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 15, 2020 | Church in Europe, entertainment, News, Papacy, second, Vatican, Venice | 0 |
Weeks after its release on HBO, Paolo Sorrentino’s “The New Pope” series is already sparking blowback for the opening scene, during which a group of young nuns dance provocatively in sexy white nighties beneath a giant crucifix in an old monastery in Venice.
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