Reflections on Beauty - A podcast on the four Papal Basilicas, ideally accompanying pilgrims through the most significant places of the Roman pilgrimage. - Podcast - Radio Vaticana - Vatican News
The basilicas built on the tombs of the apostles Peter and Paul were completely rebuilt at specific moments in history. How, then, should we interpret the current appearance of Rome's cathedral, the Basilica of St. John Lateran? The attentive visitor will be able to read it like a book: its architectural body, in fact, bears the traces of the entire history of the Church of Rome.
Listen to Dr. Johana Bronkova, art historian and journalist for the Dicastery for Communication...
16 Dec 2025
The diverse faces of St. Paul
Father Edmund Power OSB, abbot emeritus of the Abbey of St. Paul Outside the Walls, recounts details and secrets of the Basilica: the imposing and self-sufficient St. Paul of the 19th century, but also the weak and suffering St. Paul near the Crucifix. And then there is a holy water font that hides a secret in the face of Satan and, to balance this dark presence, his counterpart, St. Benedict and his battle against the Evil One....
16 Dec 2025
The wonders of early Christian art
In the second chapter of the first letter of St. Peter, Christians are compared to “living stones,” which together constitute the spiritual house of God. The early Christian mosaic is also a symbol of the great “spiritual edifice,” composed of thousands and thousands of pictorial elements, within which all the tiles and colors play a fundamental role...
Listen to Andreas Raub, Artistic-Scientific Director of the Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major.
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