Postcards: A milestone for Notre Dame – one year until cathedral reopens to public after devastating fire
JOHN LEICESTER, of Associated Press, reports on the ongoing work to restore the Paris landmark following the devastating fire of 2019…
Postcards: Lisbon man breathes new life into city’s historic trams
CATARINA DEMONY, of Reuters, reports from Portugal…
In the US, Marquette University looking to restore 15th-century chapel
Milwaukee, USAP Marquette University is working to restore a 15th-century chapel where Joan of Arc once prayed. The St Joan of Arc Chapel has stood on the Marquette campus since 1965, WTMJ-AM reported Friday. The structure was built in the early 1400s in the village for Chasse in France’s Rhone Valley. Michael Maher, an associate professor […]
In California, Junipero Serra’s Carmel Mission to be restored for historic site’s 250th anniversary
RNS After a difficult year in which the early Californian missionary was vilified as a slaver and a toxic proselytiser and his statues were pulled down in raucous demonstrations, Junipero Serra is getting a little support. A $US4 million restoration project at the Carmel Mission, founded in 1771 by the 18th-century Franciscan priest and saint, is expected […]
A place in history: Birthplace of LA’s Chicano civil rights movement earns national recognition
ALEJANDRA MOLINA, of Religion News Service, reports on news LA’s Church of the Epiphany has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places…
Restorers remove dangerous Notre Dame cathedral scaffolding
Paris. FranceAP Restorers at Paris’ fire-damaged Notre Dame cathedral have completed key preliminary work by successfully removing all the perilous roof scaffolding, officials said this week. In this Tuesday, 14th April file photo, a man wearing face mask walks past Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. Officials say restorers at Paris’ fire-damaged Notre Dame cathedral have […]
Restorers uncover new details in a Michelangelo Pieta
Rome, ItalyAP A restoration of one of Michelangelo’s sculptures of the Madonna and Christ has uncovered previously unknown details, including the artist’s tool marks, that had been hidden under centuries of dust and wax. Florence’s Museo dell’Opera del Duomo said Wednesday that the cleaning of the Bandini Pieta, which began last year but was suspended […]
OCEAN CONSERVATION: COLOMBIA’S ISLAND FISHERMEN DIVE INTO BATTLE TO PROTECT CORAL REEFS
ANASTASIA MOLONEY, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports that as climate change and growing tourism hurt coral, Colombian efforts to “garden” new coral – and save incomes – are paying off…