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  • A Hidden Icon of Mary, The Advocata Nostra

    Today’s post is a 2018 article written by Patricia Enk from the blog, Illumina, Domine. This interesting article discusses a search by the Catholic writer Paul Badde for a long-hidden icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary which is tucked away in a cloistered convent in Rome. There is little known of this icon: there are no reprints of it for…

  • Beautiful Church Architecture

    “Tuesday, October 11th- Went to the Vatican and saw Mr. Bisleti, Master of the Chambers, who gave us a ticket for the papal audience, and then inspected the Sistine Chapel decorated with grand frescoes by Michelangelo, which were so old and defaced that they were very disappointing to us (the frescoes have been refreshed since this writing, between 1980-1999, added…