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Dante

“Dante Alighieri with Florence and the Realms of the Divine Comedy (hell, purgatory, paradise),” by Domenico di Michelino, 1417-1491, Italian. (Wikimedia Commons)

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Did Dante invent purgatory? The truth about belief in the afterlife

Mike Aquilina|Jul 10, 2024|5 Min Read

Antonio Fazzini appears as Dante Alighieri in “Dante: Inferno to Paradise,” streaming on PBS until April. 15, 2024. (OSV News/Tim Cragg, Steeplechase Films)

Dante and the poem worth dying for

Heather King|Apr 12, 2024|5 Min Read

"Dante and Virgil in Purgatory," by Domenico Morelli. (Public domain via Wikimedia Commons)

The case for thinking seriously about purgatory

Russell Shaw|Oct 26, 2021|3 Min Read

Dante holds a copy of "The Divine Comedy" next to the entrance to hell, the seven terraces of Mount Purgatory, and the city of Florence, with the spheres of heaven above. This fresco painting is by Domenico di Michelino, 1465. (Wikimedia Commons)

The Divine Comedy: A guide for our pursuit of happiness?

Stefano Rebeggiani|Aug 25, 2021|9 Min Read

Pope Francis looks at materials related to Dante during a June 4 visit by a delegation from Florence led by Cardinal Giuseppe Betori marking the 700th anniversary of the poet's death. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Why the popes are Dante fans

Mike Aquilina|Aug 24, 2021|3 Min Read

An oil on panel entitled "Allegorical Portrait of Dante, late 16th century" is seen in this undated photo. Dante's "Divine Comedy" is perhaps the most powerful depiction of the transcendent in Western literature. (CNS photo/Samuel H. Kress Collection via National Gallery of Art)

The Year of Dante: A chance to make language great again?

Elizabeth Lev|Aug 23, 2021|6 Min Read

A bust of Italian poet Dante Alighieri is seen next to an etching of him at the University of Bologna in Ravenna, Italy, in this January 16, 2007, file photo. In the runup to next year's 700th anniversary of the death of Dante, Pope Francis said he hopes people can read the Italian poet's "Divine Comedy." (CNS photo/Marco Bucco, Reuters)

700 years after his death, Dante still inspires popes

Inés San Martín|Mar 25, 2021|4 Min Read

Italian poet Dante Alighieri (c. 1265-1321) in a detail from a painting by Domenico di Michelino. (Public domain via CNA)

Pope Francis: revisit the 'Divine Comedy' in Dante's anniversary year

Catholic News Agency|Oct 12, 2020|3 Min Read

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