The world’s smallest nation has an outsized history as the seat of the Catholic Church, and an incredible collection of art ...
Dozens of drawings Michelangelo made while planning the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel will go on view at the Muscarelle ...
Western civilisation’s greatest achievements include the printing press and Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel fresco painting in the Vatican. While genetics and environmental factors suggest that all ...
The world’s smallest sovereign state has a population of less than 800 and is surrounded by the city of Rome, but the Vatican ...
Pope Francis has baptised 21 babies in the Sistine Chapel on Sunday under the ceiling frescoed by Michelangelo, in what has ...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis baptised 21 babies in the Sistine Chapel on Sunday under the ceiling frescoed by Michelangelo, in what has become an annual tradition that marks the end of the ...
The pontiff personally administered the sacrament of baptism on the infants, who are the children of Vatican employees working at the Holy See. The celebration marks the feast day that recalls ...
It boasts works by legendary artists like Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael and Caravaggio ... the Roman Forum and St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City. The city's economy is also driven by ...