The stairs to the top of St Peter’s Dome were not constructed with tourists in mind. There are 491 steps and in some sections ...

On the morning of 7 May 1821 an urgent task was performed at Longwood House on St Helena. A day and a half previously, the ...

After the day’s crowds dispersed, St. Peter’s Basilica stayed open through the night from Wednesday to Thursday, April 23 -24 ...

You may have seen the movie “Conclave.” Here’s what a Vatican insider and a Kansas author say is true (and what is complete ...

You must be threatening national security or the sexuality of young children, because you are a bad little book who just got ...

I watched one man adjust his frame over and over, inching sideways for the best angle, as if this were a concert and not a ...

The Church needs art. It must make the world of the spirit, the invisible, of God perceptible and, indeed, as far as possible ...

These goddess-like figures show the influence of the classical art that De Morgan had studied. Immaculately executed works ...

Tens of thousands of mourners paid last respects to Pope Francis at St Peter's Basilica Wednesday (Apr 23), on the first of ...

When I landed in Rome last year, renting a budget room tucked like an afterthought behind St. Peter's Basilica, I had zero ...