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Pope Francis opens the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican to mark the start of the Catholic Jubilee Year, on Dec. 24, 2024. / Credit: ALBERTO PIZZOLI/POOL/AFP via Getty Images ...
PHOTOS: Restoration of Bernini’s Baldacchino Begins in St. Peter’s Basilica The Knights of Columbus are funding the baldacchino restoration, which costs 700,000 euro (about $768,000).
After visiting St. Peter’s Basilica in 1873, novelist Henry James described his encounter with the baldacchino: “You have only to stroll and stroll and gaze and gaze; to watch the glorious ...