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Vatican Palace

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Noun1.Vatican Palace - the residence of the Catholic Pope in the Vatican CityVatican Palace - the residence of the Catholic Pope in the Vatican City
Citta del Vaticano, Vatican City - the capital of the State of the Vatican City


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The Sistine Chapel and the Vatican Palace look the way they do because one extremely powerful man - Pope Julius II - had the insight to commission Michelangelo and Raphael.
I am a practising Roman Catholic but along with millions of others worship our God of love and kindness rather than the men - and only men - in the Vatican palaces from which they rule without a take on modern day life against the use of condoms, contraception and in this case, against adoption.
Murphy also uses her knowledge of art to good effect and reminds readers that Felice may still be seen as the young lady dressed in black in Raphael's Mass of Bolsena in the Vatican Palace apartments once occupied by Julius II.
 
 
 
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