POPE RECEIVES ADVANCED TELEHEALTH DEVICE FOR CHILDREN‘S HEALTHCARE
The “Patrons of the World’s Children Hospital” donate a TELADOC LITE telemedicine system to Pope Leo XIV for pediatric care for children in need.
A sophisticated next-generation technology telemedicine system, destined to provide pediatric healthcare support, has been donated to Pope Leo XIV by a delegation of Patrons of the World’s Children Hospital.
The TELADOC LITE system was given to the Pope on Wednesday morning, March 4, as he received the delegation in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall before the general audience.
“Patrons of the World‘s Children Hospital“ is an American not for profit Corporation that coordinates the Pope‘s Global Alliance for the Health and Humanitarian Care of Children, a network that brings together hospital facilities from all over the world, including the Vatican‘s Bambino Gesù Children‘s Hospital. (FOR MORE, INCLUDING AN INTERESTING VIDEO IN ENGLISH: Pope receives advanced telehealth device for children‘s healthcare – Vatican News
AMERICAN CATHOLICS LAUNCH CROWDFUNDING EFFORT TO GIFT POPE LEO XIV PAPAL TIARA
A nonprofit hopes to generate enough small donations to construct a papal tiara for Pope Leo XIV as a gift from American Catholics.
A newly established nonprofit launched a crowdfunding effort to construct a papal tiara that will contain Catholic and American symbolism, with the plan to offer it to Pope Leo XIV as a gift from American Catholics for the first pontiff from the United States.
“Historically, the majority of papal tiaras are gifts, usually from the home diocese of the pope or from religious [communities] they may be affiliated with,” Isaac Smith, a convert to Catholicism and the founder of Amici Vaticani, told EWTN News.
Smith said he was motivated to launch the project to provide Leo with a papal tiara based on the desire for “us, as Americans, to continue that tradition.” He said the first American pope is “such a historical milestone” for Catholicism in the United States.
The history of papal crowns dates back to at least the eighth century with the word “tiara” first used in the 12th century. A second crown was added to the tiara in the 13th century to symbolize that the pope holds authority in both spiritual and temporal matters.
A three-crown tiara first appeared in the 14th century. One interpretation of the three crowns is that they represent the threefold office of Christ: priest, prophet, and king. Another suggests it represents the militant, the suffering, and the triumphant Church.
The proposed tiara commissioned by Amici Vaticani maintains the 14th-century tradition of three crowns. The tiara will be constructed with sterling silver and the crowns will be gold-plated. (FOR MORE: American Catholics launch crowdfunding effort to gift Pope Leo XIV papal tiara)
‘MANIACAL PLAN’: RESEARCHER CLAIMS MICHELANGELO HID WORKS IN ‘SECRET ROOM’
Renaissance artist Michelangelo ordered many of his artworks to be hidden by his pupils in a secret room to protect them for posterity, an Italian researcher claimed on Wednesday. According to renowned art historian Giorgio Vasari, the Italian genius burned a large number of his own drawings and sketches before his death in Rome in 1564.
But researcher Valentina Salerno says she has unearthed unpublished archival documents that reveal a plot to squirrel away his works.
“One of these three unpublished documents I found in the archives speaks of a room” kept by students of the Michelangelo school, the origins of which “can be traced back” to the artist, Salerno told AFP on the sidelines of a press conference in Rome.
“Assets are hidden inside this room. These assets are locked away so tightly that they require a system of multiple keys, so that no one can access them without the permission of others,” she said.
Salerno was researching a book on Michelangelo when she came across a document that showed the artist had in 1550 joined the Brotherhood of the Most Holy Crucifix. Those close to him in his final years were members too. (TO CONTINUE: ‘Maniacal plan’: Researcher claims Michelangelo hid works in ‘secret room’)
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