'Ara Coeli': the 'bambinello'...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Sunday is set to bless the so called 'bambinelli',
the little statuettes of Baby Jesus to be placed in the Christmas crib on Christmas
eve. Figurines of all shapes and sizes that Roman children bring with them at this
time of year to Saint Peter's Square. To mark this occasion Veronica Scarisbrick
shares with you a very Roman experience relating to one such 'bambinello'. She does
so with Professor of Fine Arts Breda Ennis in the Basilica of 'Santa Maria in
Ara Coeli' perched on Rome's Capitoline hill. The statue in question is made of olive
wood from the Holy Land and is believed by some to be miraculous ...- Listen:
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