The recently restored Ponte Sant’Angelo in Rome features 10 angels holding symbols of Christ’s passion, creating a profound ...

Pope Francis is dead at 88. His legacy includes an embrace of contemporary art, such as the first papal visit to the Venice ...

Grief and tributes for Pope Francis were shared around the world Tuesday, a day after the popular pontiff died at age 88.

A change in popes — through death or resignation — is a complicated process, with centuries-old rituals involving the ...

Pope Francis has a deep devotion to the Virgin Mary and always prays at the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore before leaving ...

The Santa Maria Maggiore basilica, which Pope Francis chose as his final resting place, is a fifth-century church located in ...

Whether you’re Catholic or not, it’s hard to argue with the fact that St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome is an amazing feat of ...

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, renowned for his revolutionary use of light and shadow, transformed the visual language of ...

Scientists have succeeded in reconstructing the face of Saint Teresa of Jesus, one of the most influential figures of Spanish Catholicism to mark the 510th anniversary of her birth. This innovative ...

Scientists have succeeded in reconstructing the face of Saint Teresa of Jesus, one of the most influential ... as "The Ecstasy" by the Italian sculptor Bernini and a portrait by Rubens or on ...