The Vatican Museums on June 26 unveiled the last and most important of the restored Raphael Rooms, the spectacularly frescoed reception rooms of the Apostolic Palace that ...

In a way, we have rewritten the history of art,” explained Barbara Jatta, director of the Vatican Museums, during a ...

Rupnik’s art can be found in some of the most prominent Catholic shrines around the world, including the National Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida in the state of São Paulo in Brazil.

Just days before his death, Pope Francis wrestled with an enormous problem: the Vatican’s dire finances. The world’s smallest country is now facing a budget deficit of millions, and a looming ...

That ended in 1870, when armies of the newly united Italy wrested Rome from Pius IX. That left a 0.2-square-mile estate in the middle of the ancient capital for what would become Vatican City.

There is so much that makes Rome one of the world’s most incredible destinations. Think Colloseum, Pantheon and the Sistine Chapel. But the religious heart of this Itality capital is another small ...

Vatican City is one of the first hubs that you'll reach in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. Here you'll get your first taste of exploring a large area as Indiana Jones, interacting with a variety ...

Vatican City is the world’s smallest fully independent nation-state. It is ruled by the pope, who is the head of the Holy See, the central government of the Catholic Church.

While there, most visitors go to St. Peters Basilica as well as Vatican City, which contain some of the finest art in the world. There one will find the famous Sistine Chapel as well as other glorious ...