Pope makes landmark visit to Venice Biennale and proclaims that ‘the world needs artists’
Pope Francis has become the first pontiff to visit Venice’s contemporary art festival during a trip which saw him visit a female prison and rehabilitate the reputation of a pioneering American nun artist.
Pope visits Venice to speak to the artists and inmates behind the Biennale's must-see prison show
Venice has always been a place of contrasts, of breathtaking beauty and devastating fragility, where history, religion, art and nature have collided over the centuries to produce an otherworldly gem of a city.
A five euro day-trip fee added last week to deal with "overtourism" did not go over well, leading to protests and serious ...
Pope Francis opened his one-day visit to Venice Sunday with a meeting with female inmates where he reaffirmed the importance ...
STORY: It's his first trip of the year, testing his mobility and resilience after a number of health scares in recent ...
I have spent my life travelling around my home country and discovering its many landscapes, stories and sights ...
Pope Francis had a full slate of events Sunday during his day trip to Venice, Italy, a trip that tied together a message of ...
In the city of Venice itself, there were 714 priests in 1969, shortly after the close of the Second Vatican Council.
Pope Francis presided over mass in Saint Mark's Square in Venice on Sunday, warning of environmental damage and over-tourism ...
O n Thursday, Venice, Italy became the first city in the world to charge day tourists a fee just to visit its historic canals ...
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