UPDATE ON POPE FRANCIS: An early afternoon bulletin today said,“Pope Francis rested during the night. The clinical picture is progressively improving and the post-operative course is regular. After breakfast he began to move and spent most of the morning in an armchair. This allowed him to read the newspapers and resume his initial work.”
VATICAN INSIDER: INSIDE THE BOLLANDISTS WITH FR. MICHAEL MAHER
My special guest in the interview segment of “Vatican Insider” this week is Jesuit Fr. Michael Maher. A native of Milwaukee, Father teaches history at Marquette University. He has a doctorate in history, two Masters in Theology and an undergraduate degree in Philosophy.
On the roof of the Jesuits Generalate –
If that’s not enough, he is an expert on the Belgium-based Société des Bollandistes, Society of Bollandists, an association of scholars, and historians who, since the early 17th century, have studied the cult of the saints in Christianity. The society is named after the Flemish Jesuit Jean Bollandus. Father Maher talks about that work, about how to separate fact from legend in a saint’s life, the need for scholars to know ancient languages for this work, and what we can learn about societies from reading the lives of the saints. A riveting conversation about a unique institution! Part II next week
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BASILICA TREASURY MUSEUM FEATURES EXHIBIT ON “CROWNED MADONNAS”
On May 31, the Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Treasury Museum of St. Peter’s Basilica inaugurated an exhibition of paintings of “Crowned Madonnas” from different periods and origins.
The exhibit, located in the sacristy area of the basilica, runs to October 7. It features faithful pictorial reproductions of Marian images (statues, reliefs, mosaics, wall paintings and on canvas).
This first Vatican exhibition, curated by Pietro Zander, presents fifteen oil paintings on canvas by fifteen different dioceses of Italy. In subsequent exhibitions, a rotation with other paintings will follow, from other dioceses of Italy, Europe and the world.
During the exhibit, which showcases the deep devotion of these communities to the Mother of Our Lord, St. Peter’s Basilica will welcome visits and initiatives from the dioceses of origin of the paintings, promoting celebrations and special prayer meetings and cultural encounters.
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