Tag : Italy News
Sistine Chapel title : Vatican 3D Film of Painter 'Raphael' Takes Viewers Into Pope's Private Palace Scenes
summary : Most people know Renaissance painter and architect Raphael Sanzio simply as the "Raphael" who covered the walls of the pope's Vatican palace in elaborate frescoes and filled the Sistine Chapel with tapestries modeled on his designs. Now, a new film celebrates and shares his creations with a larger audience.
date : Mar 24, 2017 03:10 PM EDT
Syrian Christians title : Evangelical Church Groups in Italy Plan To Open Refugee ‘Humanitarian Corridor’
summary : A pilot project intended to relocate 1,000 refugees to Italy on humanitarian visas is being finalized through an Italian ecumenical mission in Lebanon this week. The $1.42 million program is being largely financed by Waldensian Evangelical Church supporters, one of the religious groups that Italian taxpayers can select to receive a small percentage of their federal income taxes.
date : Jan 23, 2016 02:40 PM EST