VATICAN CITY — The Vatican and Microsoft have unveiled a digital twin of St. Peter’s Basilica that uses artificial intelligence to explore one of the world’s most important monuments while helping the Holy See manage visitor flows and identify conservation problems.
A view of St. Peter's basilica during the preview to the media of the exhibition 'Petros eni', which is part of the project "St. Peter's Basilica: AI-Enhanced Experience" on Nov. 9 at the Vatican.
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Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, right, and Microsoft's vice-Chairman and President Brad Smith unveil the project "St. Peter's Basilica: AI-Enhanced Experience" during a news conerence Nov. 11 at the Vatican.
Images of St. Peter's Basilca are projected on a screen during a preview for the media of the exhibition "Petros eni," which is part of the project "St. Peter's Basilica: AI-Enhanced Experience" on Nov. 9 at the Vatican.
Images of St. Peter's Basilica are projected on a screen during the preview to the press of the exhibition "Petros eni," which is part of the project "St. Peter's Basilica: AI-Enhanced Experience" on Nov. 9 at the Vatican.
Photos: Pope Francis arrives in Portugal for World Youth Day
Pope Francis is welcomed by the honor guard Wednesday as he arrives at the Figo Maduro airbase in Lisbon. Pope Francis will attend the international World Youth Day on Sunday that is expected to bring hundreds of thousands of young Catholic faithful to Portugal.
From left, Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Cardinal Kevin Joseph Farrell, Vatican prefect of the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life, Cardinal Jose Tolentino Mendonca, and Lisbon's Patriarch Cardinal Manuel Clemente wait for Pope Francis before a meeting with Authorities, Civil Society and the Diplomatic Corps at the Belem Cultural Centre in Lisbon. Pope Francis has started his five-day pastoral visit to Portugal which includes his participation at the 37th World Youth Day, and a pilgrimage to the holy shrine of Fatima.
Pope Francis boards his flight Wednesday at Rome's Leonardo da Vinci International airport in Fiumicino to start his five-day pastoral visit to Portugal, which includes the participation into the 37th World Youth Day, and a pilgrimage to the holy shrine of Fatima.
Pope Francis speaks to journalists Wednesday on the papal flight to Lisbon. Pope Francis is in Lisbon to attend the international World Youth Day on Sunday that is expected to bring hundreds of thousands of young Catholic faithful to Portugal.
A Brazilian and Vatican flag is waved Wednesday as people wait for Pope Francis to arrive for the Welcome Ceremony at the Belem presidential palace in Lisbon.
Lisbon Cardinal Manuel Clemente, center, waits Wednesday with bishops and other cardinals for Pope Francis to arrive for the Welcome Ceremony at the Belem presidential palace in Lisbon.
Pope Francis and Portugal's President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, right, converse Wednesday at the Welcome Ceremony at the Belem presidential palace in Lisbon. Pope Francis starts his five-day pastoral visit to Portugal Wednesday that includes his participation at the 37th World Youth Day, and a pilgrimage to the holy shrine of Fatima.
People wait Wednesday outside the Palacio Nacional de Belem presidential palace in Lisbon, where Pope Francis is attending a welcome ceremony.
People wait Wednesday outside the Palacio Nacional de Belem presidential palace in Lisbon, where Pope Francis is attending a welcome ceremony. Pope Francis arrived Wednesday in Lisbon to attend the international World Youth Day on Sunday that is expected to bring hundreds of thousands of young Catholic faithful to Portugal.
Pope Francis cheers at a child Wednesday on his way to the Belem Cultural Center in Lisbon. Pope Francis arrived Wednesday in Lisbon to attend the international World Youth Day on Sunday that is expected to bring hundreds of thousands of young Catholic faithful to Portugal.
Pope Francis waves to the crowd Wednesday as he arrives for a meeting with the Portugal's Prime Minister Antonio Costa in Lisbon.
Youths walk by a protest billboard against alleged child abuse Wednesday by the Catholic Church in Alges, just outside Lisbon.
Two priests chat Wednesday in a fountain in front of the Jeronimos Monastery, where Pope Francis will visit in Lisbon.
Pope Francis, with Lisbon's Patriarch, Cardinal Manuel Clemente, right, Archbishop Diego Ravelli, second from right, President of the Portuguese Conference of Bishops José Ornelas Carvalho, left, starts the vespers Wednesday inside the 16th-century Jeronimos Monastery and church in Lisbon. Francis, who will open the World Youth Day on Sunday is meeting with Portugal's Catholic hierarchy, who recently began the process of reckoning with their legacy of clergy sexual abuse.
A nun kisses the hand of Pope Francis on Wednesday as he leaves the Jeronimos Monastery after Vespers in Lisbon.
A nun kisses the hand of Pope Francis as he leaves the Jeronimos Monastery after Vespers on Wednesday in Lisbon.
Pope Francis leaves the Jeronimos Monastery on Wednesday after Vespers in Lisbon.
