The art of Tomasz Rut recently included in the Vatican Collection and blessed by His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI, continues to expand the realm of contemporary figurative painting to the limits achieved only by the greatest art masters in history.

Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio from Buenos Aires, Argentina greeted thousands of pilgrims at St Peter's Square in the Vatican after he was announced as Pope Francis I. The first Pope from Latin America and the Americas.

In less than a year as leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis is making waves in the church and outside of it.