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July 6, 2015

Pope expected to pray in Jesuit Ecuador church, known as 'Baroque icon'

The Pope requested private prayer time before the image of Our Lady of Sorrows, which hangs over the altar in Iglesia de la Compania, in Quito's colonial-era Jesuit church.

QUITO, Ecuador - When Pope Francis enters the Jesuit church here July 7 for a moment of private prayer, he will step into an architectural gem where trees once grew up through the floor.

Published in International
March 28, 2015

Not just pretty pictures: Church art is catechetical storybook of faith

Jesus carries his cross in this painting in a chapel at the Pontifical Sanctuary of the Holy Stairs in Rome March 10.

VATICAN CITY - Having so much world-famous art housed in Rome's churches and chapels has risked turning the city's sacred spaces into sightseer circuses. A hushed prayerful atmosphere for the faithful is often broken by clicking cameras and tourists exchanging guidebook details.

Published in Arts News