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NEWS ABOUT: The Last Supper

The Last Supper stories: 3 news summaries

(Newser) - Israeli-Vatican tensions are expected to heat up yet again during Pope Benedict's visit today as the pontiff presses Catholic claims over a room in Jerusalem believed to be the site of Christ's last supper. The room is in a building that served for centuries as a mosque and is now... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • Catholic Church • Jerusalem • Vatican • Catholic • The Last Supper • Jesus Christ • Eucharist • King David

 'Gay Last Supper' Sparks Rage 

Catholics upset over Vienna museum's painting of apostle orgy

Apr 9, 08 11:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - A tiny Vienna museum with ties to the Catholic Church has became the target of worldwide outrage after displaying a homoerotic mural depicting the Last Supper, ABC News reports. The painting, by one of Austria's most cherished artists, shows naked apostles drinking and having an orgy. It has now been... More »

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Catholic Church • art • painting • artist • Vienna • The Last Supper • blasphemy • orgy • homoerotic • apostles • Bill Maher Grid

Music Decoded in Last Supper

Italian musician finds requiem hidden in famous fresco

Nov 10, 07 8:13 AM CST
(Newser) - Touting his find as a "real da Vinci code," an Italian musician claims to have found a musical score hidden by Leonardo da Vinci in The Last Supper.  "It sounds like a requiem," Giovanni Maria Pala tells the Discovery Channel, describing the short piece whose... More »

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Giovanni Maria Pala • The Last Supper • hidden code • requiem • Leonardo da Vinci

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