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In this photo provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano Monday, June 29, 2009, a researcher using laser technology during an examination...
In this photo provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano Monday, June 29, 2009, a researcher using laser technology during an examination of a fresco showing what Vatican officials say is the oldest known icon of St Paul, discovered by the Pontificial Commission of Sacred Archeology in the Catacomb of Santa Tecla in Rome on June 19, 2009. Archaeologists recently unearthed and opened the white marble sarcophagus located under the Basilica of St. Paul's outside the Walls of the Vatican in Rome, and scientific tests indicate the mortal remains probably belong to the apostle St. Paul. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano, Pontificial Commission of Sacred Archeology, ho)
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In this photo provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano Monday, June 29, 2009, a fresco showing what Vatican officials say is the oldest...
In this photo provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano Monday, June 29, 2009, a fresco showing what Vatican officials say is the oldest known icon of St Paul, discovered by the Pontificial Commission of Sacred Archeology in the Catacomb of Santa Tecla in Rome on June 19, 2009. Archaeologists recently unearthed and opened the white marble sarcophagus located under the Basilica of St. Paul's outside the Walls of the Vatican in Rome, and scientific tests indicate the mortal remains probably belong to the apostle St. Paul.(AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano, Pontificial Commission of Sacred Archeology)
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Pope Benedict XVI delivers his blessing as he arrives at an audience he held for newly elevated metropolitan archbishops and their relatives, in the ...
Pope Benedict XVI delivers his blessing as he arrives at an audience he held for newly elevated metropolitan archbishops and their relatives, in the Pope Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Tuesday, June 30, 2009. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
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Pope Benedict XVI delivers his blessing at the end of an audience he held for newly elevated metropolitan archbishops and their relatives, in the Pop...
Pope Benedict XVI delivers his blessing at the end of an audience he held for newly elevated metropolitan archbishops and their relatives, in the Pope Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Tuesday, June 30, 2009. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
The Vatican says the restoration of a chapel that includes two Michelangelo frescoes has been completed.
The Cappella Paolina, or the Pauline Chapel, in the Apostolic Palace is used by the pope and is not open to the general public.
It contains Michelangelo frescoes depicting the Conversion of St. Paul and the Crucifixion of St. Peter.
Officials said Tuesday that the five-year
