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Why you shouldn't care about Madonna's AI Pope images

As Christians decry the singer's posts of her being cosied up with the Pope, we look at why this isn't particularly shocking in context of Madonna's career.

Art

‘AI Jesus’ takes confessions at Swiss church: Do you have faith?

In Switzerland, a two-month experiment explored the intersection of technology and religion through an AI-powered "Jesus" avatar held in a Catholic chapel’s confessional.

Art

Oxford museum pays millions to keep rare Renaissance painting in UK

The Ashmolean Museum raised nearly £4.5 million (€5.4 million) to stop Fra Angelico’s The Crucifixion being sold overseas.

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Czech Republic signs historic treaty on relations with the Vatican

The Czech Republic signed a treaty with the Vatican, ensuring religious freedom and recognising Catholic marriages. It needs parliamentary approval to take effect.

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Experiences

Lourdes to Fatima: Inside the lucrative world of religious tourism

This week, the Vatican officially approved religious pilgrimages to Međugorje in Bosnia.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Vatican backs devotion at Bosnian shrine where Virgin Mary 'appeared'

The Vatican did not rule that the accounts that children and teenagers saw Mary in the village of Međugorje in 1981 were authentic, but it said that the spiritual experience of visiting the shrine justified pilgrimages there.

Green News

These nuns are taking on big companies with activist investing

One of their top concerns is climate change, a frequent target of their shareholder resolutions.

Culture news

Paris Olympics organisers apologise after opening ceremony backlash

A segment of the opening ceremony, appearing to parody Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper with drag artists, sparked backlash from religious conservatives, who felt it mocked Christianity.

Experiences

Why more non-religious pilgrims than ever are walking the Camino

Traditionally a Catholic pilgrimage, the Camino increasingly draws the spiritual but not religious.

Art

Giovanni Guida scratches new surreal surfaces with innovative grattage

To mark the 100 anniversary of Surrealism, Euronews Culture spoke to the Italian artist Giovanni Guida, deemed by some to be the heir to the movement's pioneer, Max Ernst.

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Orthodox Christians mark Easter across Europe with eggs and fireworks

Orthodox Christians celebrated Easter this weekend. Festivities around Europe included candle-filled church services, painted eggs and even firework battles.

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WATCH: Ambassadors lay flowers at site of Moscow concert hall massacre

WATCH: Foreign diplomats in Russia lay flowers at the site of last week’s attack on a suburban Moscow concert hall that killed 144 people.

Lifestyle

Take a trip around Europe in intriguing Easter traditions

Easter isn’t just about bunnies, chocolate and singing hymns – these European traditions infuse the holiday with legends, competition, and even crime drama.

Culture news

Saint Agata: The woman who "said no" to patriarchal power, even in death

Every year, during the first week of February, the Italian city of Catania in Sicily marks the Feast of Saint, the third-largest religious celebration in the world. This year is different however from all the others because the saint has become the symbol of the fight against gender-based violence.

Lifestyle

"Rave in the nave" Canterbury Cathedral hosts silent disco

Party people swapped out the warehouse for their local cathedral in Canterbury for a 90s nostalgia night in the garden of England.

Culture news

Why has this year's Seville Holy Week poster sparked outrage in Spain?

More than 13,000 people have signed an online petition urging the removal of Seville's official Holy Week poster, for what some perceive as an "offensive" and "homoerotic" depiction of Christ.

Nature

Sacred cedar trees of Lebanon’s Kadisha Valley face climate threat

Cedar trees are a symbol of Lebanon but they’re disappearing as the country heats up.

Spain

Santiago de Compostela sees record numbers of pilgrims in 2023

With fifty days of the year remaining, pilgrim numbers look set to smash the previous record of 438,300 annual visitors.

Culture news

Here's what to expect from ‘The Passion of the Christ’ sequel

Heaven help us, we’re getting a sequel. Yes, really.

Culture news

Poland’s bus route 666: Farewell to the highway to Hel

RIP to the bus line which operated under the number 666 since 2006.