The Vatican Museums on Thursday unveiled the last and most important of the restored Raphael Rooms, the spectacularly frescoed reception rooms of the Apostolic Palace that in some ways rival the ...

Los Angeles Lakers president of basketball operations Rob Pelinka evoked the memory of legend Kobe Bryant during a meeting ...

Shutterstock With the recent elevation of Pope Leo XIV the office of the Pope has been getting a lot of attention. The world ...

The Cave of Crystals has been described as one of the seven geological wonders on the planet - but tourists are banned ...

In a ruling that could reshape the fate of the so-called “Sistine Chapel of Romanesque Art,” the Spanish Supreme Court has ordered the return of the 12th-century murals to their original home ...

Michelangelo painted the Sistine Chapel between 1508 and 1512. The building was built between 1473 and 1481 and is the most famous chapel inside the Vatican, as it is the site of the papal ceremonies.

On May 8, Catholic students were worshipping as usual at daily Mass in the side chapel when the service was interrupted by news alerts on their phones. In the Vatican, white smoke billowed from the ...