Devil or angel? You decide.
“Italy launches investigation as newly-restored angel painting in Rome church now resembles Giorgia Meloni,” by Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN, February 3, 2026.
Rome, Italy — A painting in a Rome church has prompted an investigation following complaints that a newly-restored cherub bears a remarkable likeness to the nation’s leader, Giorgia Meloni.
The controversy surrounds restoration works carried out on a painting in the Chapel of the Holy Souls in Purgatory in the Basilica of St. Lawrence in Lucina, central Rome.
Although the work was completed in December, side-by-side images posted to social media in recent days of the restored work and Meloni show a striking resemblance. Read the whole article here.
