A painting of Christ being laid in the tomb, long hidden under layers of overpainting and forgotten by history, will once ...

The Vatican Museums' Laocoön and His Sons is long considered an exemplar of Hellenistic artistry—but what if it was actually ...

The artwork, believed to be the original work of Mantegna, was recently rediscovered in the Sanctuary of Pompeii.

from the opening scenes of the pope’s death in the Vatican’s modern Santa Marta hotel where Francis chose to live, to one of the figures central to the plot. But at the very least, the ...

The idea of respecting and preserving, rather than fully reversing age, was the new lens through which I would view art − and my own place in the world on this birthday ...

The students live inside the Vatican and attend classes on several core subjects together, including the history of St. Peter’s Basilica, fundamentals of the history of architecture and art ...

The release of the photo a month into his treatment came after dozens of young people gathered under the pontiff’s windows to ...

Ex-Jesuit Father Marko Rupnik has been accused of abusing adult women who were under his spiritual care as part of a ...