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V. M. Traverso

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Sep 5, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 5, 2026 · V. M. Traverso

    The Vatican printing press, active since Gutenberg's era (opens the original)

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    The Vatican Typography has been printing documents since 1587, but while it now has some digital options, it continues to make traditional manuscripts by hand. We now take books, leaflets, and magazines for granted, but before the invention of the printing press reading materials were very rare. Most people could not read or write and hand-written manuscripts were carefully kept inside royal palaces and monasteries, where only a handful of lucky literate people could access them. It was only in

  2. Article · Sep 1, 2026 · V. M. Traverso

    How climate change is affecting Catholic heritage (opens the original)

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    From Spain to the Philippines, droughts are leading to the emergence of submerged churches, revealing sites lost to Catholic history for centuries. We often hear how climate change is leaving a mark on glaciers, forests, and oceans. But the impact of the increased droughts, more severe floods, and stronger hurricanes is also leaving a mark on Catholic heritage around the world. From Spain to the Philippines, here is how extreme weather is changing our centuries-old heritage. Last January, the Sp

  3. Article · Aug 21, 2026 · V. M. Traverso

    Rediscovering the legacy of Plautilla Bricci (opens the original)

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    Think of the Italian Baroque period and masters like Caravaggio, Bernini, and Borromini come to mind. But in recent years, art historians and art patrons have worked to uncover the impressive legacy left by a little known female artist called Plautilla Bricci. The daughter of painter Giovanni Bricci, Plautilla Bricci learned artistic skills at her father’s workshop, a rare chance for women at the time. Over the course of her life, Bricci became an accomplished painter, sculptor, and architect. D

  4. Article · Aug 20, 2026 · V. M. Traverso

    4 Renaissance masterpieces stolen from painter's hometown (opens the original)

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    The thieves broke into Messina Regional Museum on the eve of the Feast of the Assumption, where locals gather for a heartfelt parade around town. Born around 1430, Antonello da Messina is considered one of the most important figures of Italy’s early Renaissance. With his roots in the Sicilian city of Messina, Antonello degli Antoni trained in Naples, where he studied the works of Flemish artists, whose influence is apparent in his masterful use of oil paint and in the striking realism of his por

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