Named for the Roman House of Rondanini, which owned the statue for generations.*In 1937, Mussolini’s officials had scotched the U.S. sale for another Michelangelo Pieta by put-ing a $2,500,000 ...

A Taiwanese woman on Sunday was injured by a small piece of masonry that fell from the dome of St Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican during a visit to the church. The tourist, identified as Hsu Yun-chen ...