It wasn’t until the middle of the 16th century that the city became part of the Kingdom of France. By then, the city had been ...

The Egyptians treated them with reverence and adoration having, first domesticated them 4,000 years ago. Since then the small ...

The Vatican Museums have unveiled its newly restored Hall of Constantine, one of its Raphael Rooms, including two newly ...

In a way, we have rewritten the history of art,” explained Barbara Jatta, director of the Vatican Museums, during a ...

COMMENTARY: Thus, it was hard for me to pick up what would be Pope Francis’ last encyclical and read it with receptivity. But ...

It’s not coincidental that today’s optional memorial follows the Solemnity of Peter and Paul. Sts. Peter and Paul stand at ...

The Vatican launches a new campaign to boost donations from the faithful with an American-style publicity pitch, an effort ...

Hundreds of protesters marched through Venice’s central streets on Saturday to say “No” to billionaire Jeff Bezos, his bride ...

Bezos and Sanchez landed in Venice via helicopter on Wednesday and took up residence in the luxury Aman hotel, where rooms ...

Trentino is a province of collisions. Stitched to the forested underbelly of South Tyrol, just south of the Swiss and ...

Assassins, royal marriages and diplomatic gift-giving: historian and archaeologist Max Adams explains how the kings of Mercia ...

Iran said U.S. strikes on its nuclear sites over the weekend have delivered an “irreparable blow” to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty — a bedrock, international agreement preventing the spread of ...