Bernini

Outside, under the warm April sunshine, groups of joyous African pilgrims in flashy head wraps ate gelato by the Bernini fountain, seagulls circling overhead.

The song was inspired by Bernini's baroque marble sculpture The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa, which depicts a nun swooning in the presence of an angel.

You're wandering through Ancient Rome, but here's Bernini, a burst of baroque.

Just days ago, activists pressing for more action on climate change dumped black dye into the waters of a monumental fountain sculpted by Bernini at the foot of the Spanish Steps.

On Monday, Archbishop Gänswein, who is looked at with deep suspicion by allies of Francis, accepted the condolences of nuns, priests, Vatican firefighters and other faithful next to Bernini’s towering bronze Baldachin canopy.