HAVANA — Cuba said on Thursday it will release 51 prisoners in the coming days under an agreement with the Vatican, at a time the Communist government has come under increasing pressure from the ...

Michelangelo’s artwork on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel is beyond legendary. People travel to Rome from all over the world to experience its breathtaking<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More ...

Christoper White is promising to reveal some of what went on behind locked and sealed doors at the historic meeting inside ...

Millions of visitors may have been damaging the Sistine Chapel’s “Last Judgement” over the years without knowing it. Now, ...

Ford CEO Jim Farley and his wife ended up at the Vatican last month handing over keys to a customized SUV to Pope Leo XIV.

St. Peter’s Basilica is arguably the most famous Christian worship space in the world. It is a massive church in the style of the Italian High Renaissance located in Vatican City, an independent ...

In the modern imagination, Michelangelo has become less of a Renaissance artist and more of a supporting character in an ...

Works newly attributed to the Renaissance artist had exciting stories behind them. But experts say they are unlikely to be by his hand.

Beyond his enthusiastic embrace of sculpture and resentment over the Sistine Chapel project, the artist found painting in ...

Ford CEO Jim Farley and his wife ended up at the Vatican last month handing over keys to a customized SUV to Pope Leo XIV.

Michelangelo’s “The Last Judgement” is getting a facial. The Vatican Museums on Saturday unveiled how restorers are removing a chalky white film of salt that has accumulated over the fresco ...

Patches of calcium lactate have dulled the colors of the famous 16th-century mural, which hasn't been cleaned since 1994.