In Michelangelo's painting "The Creation of Adam," reclining Adam, his left hand listlessly outstretched, awaits God's ...

The Renaissance artist’s frescoes in Orvieto, Italy’s San Brizio Chapel comprise dynamic, monumental and fiercely realistic ...

Here’s a look at the Vatican, also known as the Holy See, the spiritual and governing center of the Roman Catholic Church. Facts The full name of the country is State of Vatican City. It stands on ...

The extraordinary is everywhere in the Eternal City, and the best thing about this second Sistine Chapel is that you won’t ...

The extraordinary is everywhere in the Eternal City, and the best thing about this second Sistine Chapel is that you won’t have to fight through the crowds.

Pope John Paul II, who later became St. John Paul II, blesses a baby during an annual baptism liturgy in the Vatican’s ...

King Charles III and Queen Camilla of the United Kingdom will make a state visit to the Holy See next month, with plans to hold an audience with Pope Francis on April 8.

Thursday, March 6, the Muscarelle Museum of Art unveiled its new exhibition, “Michelangelo: The Genesis of the Sistine,” to the public. The exhibition celebrates Michelangelo’s famous paintings on the ...

In addition to their expected meeting with Pope Francis, the king and queen will attend an ecumenical service on the theme of “Care for Creation” in the Sistine Chapel, Buckingham Palace said ...

It was at that moment that Francis was photographed on Sunday, from behind, as he sat in his wheelchair before the chapel altar in prayer without any sign of nasal tubes. The photo, showing ...

Aides are still planning for the King and Queen to have an audience with Pope Francis despite remaining seriously ill with pneumonia in both lungs.