The annual Pentecost tradition (today!) at Rome's Pantheon is a moment of extraordinary beauty.
It occurs every year on the seventh Sunday after Easter. At noon, after the Holy Mass, thousands of rose petals are dropped through the oculus of the mighty dome.
As the petals fall, a choir sings "Veni Sancte Spiritus," known as the Golden Sequence, a masterpiece of sacred Latin poetry.
This is to celebrate the descent of the Holy Spirit on the Virgin Mary and the Apostles.
The rose petal ritual likely dates back to 607 AD when the pagan temple became a Christian church.
London display reveals scale of Nazi slave labour — Eva Clarke shared her family's story of the concentration camp she was born into:
https://t.co/mGkHkgy72R
The toxic algæ was observed to kill mice and was used during a mice plague: one of a number of late 1980s / early 1990s, but circa 1993 was the worst plague. It may have been the case, water supplies were deliberately contaminated—no wonder, then, Jim Soorely claims its secrecy.
Former Mayor Jim Soorley reveals how Brisbane was almost cut off from its water supply because of a secret mouse experiment using an algæ https://t.co/h1kLnBiDvU
The Archibald Prize at The Art Gallery of NSW, circa 2026 is Sean Layh's
The Tragicall Historie Of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke, oil on board, 114.1 x 150.2 centimetres https://t.co/SKGPKzAsdi