The painting is part of a series of frescoes that cover the walls and ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City.

The relic dispayed just above the tomb of St. Peter will be accessible for public viewing until Dec. 8, the solemnity of the ...

In one of the most humorous and inexplicable events of 2024, the Vatican (the literal headquarters of the Roman Catholic ...

The Vatican has introduced Luce, its first-ever anime mascot Luce. Luce — meaning “light” in Italian — will serve as the ...

With the Holy Year 2025 beginning on Christmas Eve, the Vatican's 2024 Christmas stamps feature the Jubilee message of hope ...

Because the Vatican has published very little over the centuries about its finances and investments, most people don't know how it makes money as a sovereign city-state with its own economy.

The Vatican's introduction of Luce, its mascot for the 2025 Jubilee Year, led to a flood of fan art commemorating the cute anime character and her sidekick, a dog named Santino. Archbishop Fisichella ...

Some of the art depicts Luce in a more detailed style, but others make jokes about her hanging out with Jesus. Either way, there are loads of them, so scroll on to see them all. The Vatican ...

(photo: Simone Risoluti / Vatican Media ... presenting Mary as a synodal figure (29). “She is the form of the Church who ...

Pope Francis has decided the next world Synod of Bishops at the Vatican, which will take place in October 2022, will have the theme: "For a synodal church: Communion, participation and mission." ...

She will represent the Vatican’s pavilion theme, ‘Beauty Brings Hope,’ alongside Caravaggio’s ‘The Entombment of Christ,’ a painting that will be temporarily on loan from the Vatican ...

Pope Francis on Thursday told employees of the Vatican's extensive multi-language media operations to expect budget cuts as part of wider belt-tightening efforts that have recently targeted cardinals.