Whether or not you can make it to the blockbuster exhibition on the artist now open at the Palazzo Barberini, here are a ...

A change in popes is a complicated process. Here are the need-to-know terms — some of them in Latin — to help make sense of ...

The Church needs art. It must make the world of the spirit, the invisible, of God perceptible and, indeed, as far as possible ...

Pope Francis is dead at 88. His legacy includes an embrace of contemporary art, such as the first papal visit to the Venice ...

Among the many traditions and rituals that come into play following the death of a pope, one that has once again garnered ...

The Sistine Chapel restoration brought new beauty and wonder to a Renaissance classic. It also brought a chorus of howling ...

When the Easter bells ring Sunday, they will include sounds from two of the most impressive religious structures in Minnesota — the Cathedral of St. Paul and the Basilica of St. Mary in Minneapolis.

In addition, Caravaggio 2025 features other exceptional works such as The Conversion of St. Paul, an earlier version of the famous Santa Maria del Popolo painting, which comes from the Odescalchi ...

Surrounded by Michelangelo's world-famous paintings, 137 cardinal electors ... while 23 were created by Pope Benedict XVI and five by Pope John Paul II. Pope Francis created cardinals from 72 ...

Down in Rome, newly installed Pope Paul IV has declared a holy war on culture ... beneath a fresco he had been working on, a work of art that — depending on your allegiance — is either ...

In the Sistine Chapel, under the magnificent Last Judgment painted by Michelangelo half a millennia ... 20th anniversary of the death of Pope John Paul II in Saint Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican ...