Vatican cleanses its streets with active scaffold crews
Vatican City undertakes a broad cleaning and polishing campaign as workers scale walls to scour and polish the town’s surface. Papal state authorities deploy sampietrini mortar squads to restore historic sidewalks and plazas.
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Bronze doors of St Peter's Basilica unveiled for council
After weeks of toil workers reveal gleaming bronze on the 30 foot central doors of St Peter's Basilica. The renovation preps for the ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church the first in 92 years.
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Polished Ecumenism Drives Second Vatican Council
The Second Vatican Council convenes Oct 11 with 3000 prelates and theologians in a six month gathering at the Vatican. Pope John XXIII aims internal renewal of Catholicism and spiritual revitalization for 500 million members, seeking unity by bringing Protestants and Orthodox back to Rome.
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