Dante’s ‘Inferno’
Dante’s Inferno is a 14th century literary classic. In it, Dante tours the nine levels of hell. The deeper you get, the worse the sin and the worse the punishment. A statue of Dante Alighieri in Verona, Italy. PICTURE: Marcus Ganahl/Unsplash The early levels are for simply falling for temptation – lust, glutton, greed. Hell for […]
Pope Francis honours Dante Alighieri on 7th centenary of ‘prophetic’ poet’s death
Vatican CityRNS Dante Alighieri, the medieval Italian poet, didn’t spare popes and other Catholic prelates in the Divine Comedy, his 14th-century masterwork detailing his imaginary journey from hell to heaven via purgatory. No fewer than four pontiffs, including the then-reigning pope, Boniface VIII, are pictured in various circles of hell in the book’s “Inferno” cantos, victims […]
Wow!: Catholic sculptor re-creating Dante’s ‘Divine Comedy’ aims to shift the emphasis off hell
CLAIRE GIANGRAVÉ, of Religion News Service, reports from Vatican City…