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Dozens of drawings Michelangelo made while planning the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel will go on view at the Muscarelle ...

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Caught between his progressive inner circle and an influx of conservatism, the Holy Father should 'brace' himself for a ...

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The Monte Carlo of Ancient Rome was a resort city where emperors and other elites could indulge their wild side amid affairs ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis convened a high-level summit Monday to demand that children be protected from war, forced labor, ...

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The St. Gregory the Great Parish Church is an iconic landmark in Laguna, south of Manila. Pope Francis has designated the ...

COMMENTARY: Liturgical vestments like copes, chasubles and dalmatics are part of the beauty of the liturgy, alongside church ...

In January 2010, Pope Francis' predecessor covertly left the Vatican for a secret outing ... The Patron Saints of Europe," at Rome's Palazzo Venezia Museum, on the last day its four-month run.

(AP video shot by Paolo Lucariello and Maria Grazia Murru) Silvia Carlucci, right, and Domenico Fabiani, two employees who were fired by the Vatican Bank in October 2024, after their wedding violated ...