VATICAN CITY, MAR 8, 2007 (VIS) - On March 6, in the Paul VI Hall of Rome's Pontifical Lateran University, the presentation took place of a recently published book entitled "Beauty and Identity. Europe and its Cathedrals," written by Msgr. Timothy Verdon.
Among those participating in the event were Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, archivist and librarian of Holy Roman Church, Bishop Salvatore Fisichella, auxiliary of Rome and rector of the Pontifical Lateran University, and Marilena Ferrari, president of FMR, the company that has published the book.
The volume, which intends to pay homage to Benedict XVI for the occasion of his 80th birthday (April 16), is a limited edition with a print run of just 1,000 numbered copies. On the cover is a figure of "St. Peter" by Giuseppe Ducrot. In the book, Msgr. Verdon, an expert on iconography and the history of religions, uses the images of 36 European cathedrals, churches and baptisteries to trace the history of the Church and the liturgy, and of the social life that, with the Church and through her, has developed over the last two millennia.
.../BOOK:HOMAGE POPE/... VIS 20070308 (200)
Among those participating in the event were Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, archivist and librarian of Holy Roman Church, Bishop Salvatore Fisichella, auxiliary of Rome and rector of the Pontifical Lateran University, and Marilena Ferrari, president of FMR, the company that has published the book.
The volume, which intends to pay homage to Benedict XVI for the occasion of his 80th birthday (April 16), is a limited edition with a print run of just 1,000 numbered copies. On the cover is a figure of "St. Peter" by Giuseppe Ducrot. In the book, Msgr. Verdon, an expert on iconography and the history of religions, uses the images of 36 European cathedrals, churches and baptisteries to trace the history of the Church and the liturgy, and of the social life that, with the Church and through her, has developed over the last two millennia.
.../BOOK:HOMAGE POPE/... VIS 20070308 (200)
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