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Police, art sleuth crack case of Brueghel stolen in Poland in 1974
AFP, Published on 04/03/2025
» THE HAGUE - With the help of a well-known art detective and arts magazine journalists, Dutch police say they have cracked the case of the mysterious disappearance of a Brueghel painting from a Polish museum 50 years ago.
On Christmas Eve, Pope Francis launches holy Jubilee year
AFP, Published on 25/12/2024
» VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis opened the "Holy Door" of St Peter's Basilica on Christmas Eve on Tuesday, launching the Jubilee year of Catholic celebrations set to draw more than 30 million pilgrims to Rome.
Philippines holds bloody crucifixions, whippings on Good Friday
AFP, Published on 07/04/2023
» SAN FERNANDO (PHILIPPINES) - Catholic zealots were nailed to wooden crosses while others whipped their backs bloody and raw in gruesome displays of religious devotion on Good Friday in the Philippines.
Philippines holds bloody crucifixions, whippings on Good Friday
AFP, Published on 07/04/2023
» SAN JUAN (PHILIPPINES) - Catholic zealots were nailed to wooden crosses while others whipped their backs bloody and raw in gruesome displays of religious devotion on Good Friday in the Philippines.
Spain's begins centuries-old Easter processions
AFP, Published on 02/04/2023
» MADRID - Spain's colourful Holy Week celebrations begin on Sunday, featuring centuries-old processions of the faithful carrying flower-covered floats topped with statues of Christ or the Virgin Mary that draw huge crowds.
Pope presides over Palm Sunday after hospital stay
AFP, Published on 02/04/2023
» VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis presided over mass in St Peter's Square Sunday, as he kicked off events leading to Easter, just a day after leaving hospital following a bout of bronchitis.
Religious whipping marks Good Friday in Philippines
AFP, Published on 15/04/2022
» Catholic zealots in the Philippines whipped their backs bloody and raw on Good Friday, as the fervently religious country marked Easter with gruesome displays of faith.
Indonesian shadow puppets tell story of Jesus
AFP, Published on 25/12/2021
» YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia: A small Indonesian community is celebrating Christmas by performing traditional shadow puppet shows about the birth of Christ as the pandemic shutters most public performances.
Virus fears keep Orthodox Easter worshippers at home
AFP, Published on 19/04/2020
» MOSCOW - More than 260 million Orthodox Christians celebrated Easter Sunday, with church leaders asking worshippers to stay at home to avoid spreading the novel coronavirus.
Early Renaissance painting found in French kitchen fetches 24 mn euros
AFP, Published on 28/10/2019
» SENLIS (FRANCE) - A rare masterpiece by Italian early Renaissance master Cimabue that was discovered in a French kitchen was sold on Sunday for 24 million euros ($26.6 million), about five times the initial estimate.