National Catholic Register

Historic St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice, Italy, Will Host Pope Francis This Weekend

This weekend, on Sunday, April 28, Pope Francis will celebrate Mass in St. Mark’s Square during a one-day trip to Venice, Italy. Afterward, he will privately venerate the relics of St. Mark the ...
Forbes

Venice’s Ancient St Mark’s Basilica Is Crumbling Amid Bureaucratic Botch-Up

Currently surrounding the architectural splendor of St Mark’s Basilica in Venice is an agglomeration of crates, building tools, and construction machinery. A ditch has been dug around the exterior of ...
Artnet

Venice Successfully Deployed a Very Low-Tech Measure to Protect Saint Mark’s Basilica From High Tide: Glass Barriers

How can Venice save Saint Mark’s Basilica from the rising waters of Acqua Alta, the lagoon’s seasonal high tide? In a simple and straightforward solution, the Italian city has erected glass barriers ...
National Catholic Register

Climate Activists Vandalize St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice, Italy

Climate activists on Thursday vandalized the facade of the nearly 1,000-year-old St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice, Italy, reportedly defacing it with mud and chocolate milk as part of an environmental ...
Wired

The Race to Save St. Mark’s Basilica From Salty Floodwaters

As night fell over the northeastern Italian city of Venice on November 12, 2019, sirens wailed, signaling the arrival of a particularly high tide. At more than 4 feet above sea level, the city’s ...