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

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

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

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

"Sunday Morning" remembers some of the notable figures who left us this week. WORLD: A vigil for Pope Francis - and the ...

Minecraft, the popular video game known for its blocky, pixelated graphics, has launched a new educational edition that ...

Students can step inside this legendary St. Peter's Basilica building and take on the role of its caretakers in Minecraft Education.

from the opening scenes 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 life-imitating-art coincidence of ...

Some children, bearing balloons in Vatican flag colours, briefly entered the hospital to deliver their artwork, messages and flowers for Francis. The children represented diverse backgrounds ...

Gemelli hospital, the Vatican said. He continued his physiotherapy ... the windows of his 10th-floor hospital suite to see their art. They offered encouragement, wishing that the pope get ...