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Art & Travel

20.11.17
Zelda Caldwell

The new Museum of the Bible entertains in order to engage all kinds

18.11.17
Zelda Caldwell

The unexpected way Leonardo learned to paint Mona Lisa and Jesus

17.11.17
Daniel Esparza

The “Jesuit tea”: The history of mate

15.11.17
Daniel Esparza

This building is an abbey, a library, and a museum full of Renaissance masterpieces

13.11.17
Zelda Caldwell

How did these Gremlins end up on a medieval church in France?

12.11.17
Daniel Esparza

Spencer: The first Trappist brewery in the “New World”

10.11.17
John Burger

‘The Star’: Timothy Reckart puts a new spin on the Nativity story

03.11.17
Ary Waldir Ramos Diaz

Want to see the tomb of John Paul II without going to the Vatican?

31.10.17
Katherine Ruddy

What is All Souls’ Day and how is it celebrated around the world?

30.10.17
Daniel Esparza

How to tell a Romanesque church from a Gothic one

28.10.17
Zelda Caldwell

Pray along the National Shrine’s new Rosary walk in Washington, DC

27.10.17
Daniel Esparza

Newly reopened room in the Vatican was once the largest library in the world

25.10.17
Philip Kosloski and Daniel Esparza

The surprising spiritual connection between a desert in Jordan and Star Wars

23.10.17
Daniel Esparza

The story behind “The Mass of Saint Basil” painting

20.10.17
Daniel Esparza

This is the most intriguing (and revealing) map of the Holy Land

16.10.17
Zelda Caldwell

Why not go to Ireland next summer? Plan your trip for the World Meeting of Families

11.10.17
Zelda Caldwell

Da Vinci portrait of Jesus expected to sell for $100 million at auction

09.10.17
Zelda Caldwell

Flannery O’Connor’s farm, Andalusia, has a new owner

02.10.17
Daniel Esparza

The 5 most beautiful monasteries in the world

29.09.17
Magda Jakubiak

St. Kinga’s Chapel in Wieliczka, Poland – the world’s biggest church built underground!

27.09.17
Zelda Caldwell

The 3 oldest Catholic churches on American soil are in Puerto Rico

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