Pope Leo XIV’s religious order — preserves an iconic painting of the Virgin Mary by Caravaggio, the blockbuster artist who ...

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Before various civil and military officials, Pope Leo XIV emphasized the spiritual and social dimensions of his episcopal mission, before taking possession of St. John Lateran.

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The question facing the conclave is whether the cardinals want to continue in the direction set by Pope Francis.

New pope elected as white smoke billows from the Sistine Chapel in Rome White smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel on Thursday and the bells of St Peter's rang out, signalling that cardinals have ...

In his 2025 biography, “Hope,” Francis spoke of his admiration for the Baroque painter Caravaggio. He recalled that during his travels to Rome as a cardinal ... The painting is found in the chapel ...

An American on vacation in Rome is reportedly recovering after climbing a fence at the ruins of the Colosseum, falling and being impaled on a metal spike in front of other horrified tourists ...

But the question lingers: which popes shaped not only doctrine, but the cultural soul of Rome? To explore that ... but he is perhaps best known for building the Sistine Chapel. The original chapel had ...

With tens of millions of tourists flocking to its ancient streets every year, Rome ... Baroque, Manueline and Renaissance styles, the church has a museum filled with local relics. Elsewhere, the ...