Days before the succession of the 267th Pope, Leo XIV, President Donald Trump posted an AI generated image of himself in the role. who could have predicted that? Strangely enough, in 2021 I painted a portrait of Pope Boniface VIII, one of the most despised characters from Dante Alighieri's 'The Divine Comedy', where, while almost all of the characters he met in 'Inferno' were figures from his history, Pope Boniface III was the sitting pope of the day, a thoroughly corrupt pope, selling heaven to who could line his pockets the most. Today, most references to Dante's 'Inferno' are in…
John26th May 2025