Still Running Off at the Keyboard

In an unusual exhibit, the Vatican Museums has assembled 100 art works inspired by the New Testament vision of the Apocalypse.

While the paintings, statues and engravings depict some catastrophic scenes, the emphasis is on hope and the victory of good over evil.

In that sense, the exhibit takes a page from Pope Benedict XVI's audience talks last year, in which he said the Book of Revelation -- also known as the Apocalypse -- should not be read as a frightening warning of imminent destruction, but as an encouraging Christian vision.

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