Images of 600 Years Worth of Popes Shown

AP Online | October 14, 2005| | Copyright

CARL HARTMAN, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
10-14-2005
Dateline: WASHINGTON
Paintings and sculptures of popes from six centuries will make their only American appearance beginning Sunday at the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center.

One of the newest images is a full-length portrait of John Paul II, clad in white, by Natalia Tsarkova. She was trained in Moscow under Soviet rule and now lives in Rome. She did four death portraits of John Paul II as he lay in state last April.

The oldest picture is of Julius II, a copy of a famous picture by Raphael, whom the pope patronized as he did ...

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