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Caravaggio transformed the religious art of his time, using bold compositions and an uncompromising sense of realism to give his pictures a genuine feeling of immediacy.
The Conversion on the Way to Damascus is one of his best-known paintings, produced when he was at the height of his powers. The biblical story of Saul’s conversion was a popular subject for artists. A Roman citizen (he is dressed as a Roman soldier in this picture), he was actively persecuting Christians when, on the road to Damascus, he was thrown from his horse and blinded by a heavenly light. Following his conversion he changed his name to Paul. Characteristically, the artist played down the supernatural element, reducing the blinding, celestial rays to a modest glimmer in the upper right-hand corner of the picture. The process of the saint’s conversion is internalized the unkempt groom is unaware of the drama, and seems more concerned with calming the frightened horse. Caravagg
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.A new digital press arrives on a truck at the printing shop at the Vatican Dec. 13, 2020. The new digital press was chosen to save on energy costs and provide increased efficiency in the shop s mission of printing everything from official papal documents to art books for the Vatican Museums. (CNS photo/Vatican Media) .Components of a new digital press arrive at the printing shop at the Vatican Dec. 13, 2020. The new digital press was chosen to save on energy costs and provide increased efficiency in the shop s mission of printing everything from official papal documents to art books for the Vatican Museums. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Wanted in Rome
17 Dec, 2020
Born in Buenos Aires on 17 December 1936, the son of Italian emigrants, Jorge Mario Bergoglio celebrates his birthday at the Vatican by going about his ordinary life.
His advanced age does not prevent him from leading the Church with firmness and an agenda always full of commitments and projects. For example, next Monday he will give his scheduled speech to the Roman Curia (the administrative arm of the Holy See), that he has tried to make less a court of the King and more of a service agency. Next March, he will leave for Iraq, a trip that promises to be historic to bring comfort to the Christian minority in difficulty.