Skip the tie—gift a medieval adventure! Forbes’ 2025 luxury Father’s Day guide: 5-star hotel stays (Rome to Wales), Vatican ...

Spain's Supreme Court has given a museum in Barcelona 20 days to return mural paintings to the Monastery of Santa Maria de ...

Millions visit the Pantheon, Colosseum and Sistine Chapel each year. But there’s much more to Rome than these famous ...

Workers have completed a phase of conservation work on historic murals by the late artist Maxo Vanka at St. Nicholas Croatian ...

Matera in southern Italy, is known as a "Second Bethlehem" and is home to a World Heritage Site. It's one of the most ...

To celebrate the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea is, first and foremost, to celebrate Jesus Christ, the eternal ...

The awesomeness of the chapel’s frescoes, and Michelangelo’s in particular, is meant to remind the cardinals of the weighty responsibility they bear. In his regulations for the conclave, St. John Paul ...

Commentators have already noted that the last Pope Leo (XIII) was known for his devotion to social justice and the Virgin Mary. However, there is a longer history of popes called Leo — there have been ...

The Vatican City is not only the spiritual heart of the Catholic Church but also a treasure trove of culture and tradition.

In the afternoon, the cardinals walk to the Sistine Chapel-- with its iconic Michelangelo frescoes -- to start the voting process. The vote is held behind closed doors, and its secrecy is closely ...

The 2024 film Conclave - a box office hit and Oscar winner - tells the story of a papal election in which there are no obvious favourites. For many people, it was a glimpse into the rarefied world of ...

David Jackson is a postgraduate student in Italian Studies from the University of Sydney, where he is writing his thesis on the frescoes of the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Daniel Canaris is ...