NEWS ABOUT: The Last Supper
The Last Supper stories: 3 news briefs
Independent (UK) May 11, 09 3:00 AM CDT
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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 marked with Arabic inscriptions. Israel is reluctant to hand the site over without significant backing from the Vatican to help develop and manage it as a massive Christian tourist site.
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Catholics upset over Vienna museum's painting of apostle orgy
ABC News Apr 9, 08 11:14 AM CDT
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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 removed, and the row has been characterized as a Catholic version of the Mohamed cartoon uproar.
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Italian musician finds requiem hidden in famous fresco
Discovery Channel Nov 10, 07 8:13 AM CST
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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 notes are made up of the loaves of bread and apostles' hands visible in the 500-year-old fresco.
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