When members of the Society of Jesus gather at Borgo Santo Spirito, their headquarters near the Vatican, they worship surrounded by the relics of Jesuit saints and works of sacred art. This ...

Following the discovery of the statue in Rome in 1489, Pope Julius II requested the Apollo Belvedere to be brought to the Vatican in the early 16th century to be part of a papal collection known ...

The Vatican has found itself a new star — and no, it’s not the “ gamer saint .” The Vatican announced the official mascot for ...

The paintings are held in the Vatican collections. They are poignant reminders ... who pioneered modern Japanese style in fine art. Okayama became a devotee of Japanese Christian martyrs in ...

Another major event ahead of the Jubilee is the exhibition of various rare icons from the Vatican Museums. A set of 18 different ... “White Crucifixion”, will be on display in Rome on loan from The ...

The Vatican's introduction of Luce, its mascot for the 2025 Jubilee Year, led to a flood of fan art commemorating the cute anime character and her sidekick, a dog named Santino. Archbishop Fisichella ...