The Renaissance master, born 550 years ago, pursued various art forms with astonishing vision and relentless drive.

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Intimate spaces have replaced the sprawling multi-tiered bars of the past in the hearts of drink lovers. From Hong Kong to ...

“Orthodox change nothing,” Father Sava adds. “The faith that was delivered to the saints,” Martin agrees. We pause before a ...

A 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar today, with buildings collapsing 600 miles away in Bangkok. Newsweek's live blog is closed.

The death toll from the Myanmar earthquake could easily surpass 10,000, according to modelling by the United States Geological Survey. The huge earthquake hit Myanmar and Thailand on Friday, killing ...

Art and sculpture, wine and pasta, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, Vatican City and Venice are just some of what Italy is famous ...

The capital city of Italy is Rome, a city that somehow comes together by way of the natural conjunction of history, culture, ...

A little over a week after returning to the Vatican guesthouse to convalesce, the pope was showing gradual improvements in ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis offered prayers to the victims of a powerful earthquake in Southeast Asia on Friday, the sixth day of his convalescence in the Vatican after a five-week hospitalization for ...

Matteo Bruni, spokesman for the Holy See Press Office, said the 88-year-old pontiff, who is still recovering from a ...

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, gives his homily during a Mass to pray for Pope Francis with ambassadors ...