Listening to Rome: Recent Episodes
Michael Sternhagen
The stones of Rome still speak though only the most attentive can still hear the echoes of their voices
The commonwealth of kings, the men of Rome! And even since, and now, fair Italy! Thou art the garden of the world, the home...
This chapel holds part of St. Francis Xavier, the Jesuit Missionary who baptized hundreds of thousands
Here we come to the Church’s masterpiece, the magnificent chapel and tomb of Ignatius of Loyola, flanked by two interesting works depicting what the Jesuits thought of the heretics
The small chapel with a beautiful, realistic crucifix serves to reminds us what St Ignatius thought about suffering and the cross
Gaulli’s magnificent fresco is deceptive and impressive but is also trying to tell a story
In order to understand the art of the Gesù and in fact most of the churches in Rome, it is important to understand just what “Barqoue” art means and where it came from
A brief and general introduction to the Roman Catacombs and their origin, significance, and meaning for us today.