that stayed affixed on the sculpture for centuries. That is, until 1957, when the Vatican Museums unearthed from its storage a marble artifact that had been presented to the collection decades before.

It has been at the Vatican since the early 1500s, when Pope Julius II decided to bring the sculpture to the holy city. The Vatican Museums unveiled the updated statue on October 15. In addition to ...

There has long been a Vatican taboo against openly talking about a conclave when a pope is sick: It’s considered gauche to ...

One of the three fragments of Parthenon Sculptures housed by the Vatican Museum that Pope Francis decided to return to AthensImage: Vatican Museum/REUTERS In 2023, the Vatican finalized the ...

Our guide was a senior member of the Vatican’s art restoration team, the mother of Marty’s student now working in Rome. Petite and elegant, she welcomed us warmly, playfully tugging at the ...