which now is displayed in the Vatican Museums. Above the flag are tiny moon rocks. Credit: Public domain In addition, older pre-internet flag reference books, such as the British Admiralty’s ...

VATICAN CITY − The Vatican on Sunday released the first image of Pope Francis in the hospital since he began treatment for double pneumonia, in which the 88-year-old pontiff appeared to be ...

Take, for example, the Vatican Museum. It reported receiving 6.8 million visitors in 2024—less than a percentage point more than in 2023 and less than a percentage point down on 2019.

Starting next Thursday, the 'Deposition' by Italian Renaissance artist Andrea Mantegna will be on display at the Pinacoteca of the Vatican Museums in Rome for several months. The artwork ...

A little over a week after returning to the Vatican guesthouse to convalesce, the pope was showing gradual improvements in his movements and speech. By Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting from Vatican ...

A depiction of Christ’s descent from the cross, the masterpiece will go on temporary display at the Vatican Museums in Rome from March 20. Though the remarkable rediscovery was only announced th ...

Archbishop Paul Gallagher, Vatican secretary for relations with states and international organizations, and Sergey Lavrov, Russia’s minister of foreign affairs, had a phone call on Friday in ...

The total places it third in our survey—the full version of which will be published in April—behind the Musée du Louvre and the Vatican Museums. The 2024 figure is 11% more than in 2023 ...

The Vatican said the pontiff also did some work on Sunday. The Vatican press office released a photo of Pope Francis on Sunday in a private chapel of Rome's Gemelli Hospital, where he continues to ...

The Vatican released the first photo of Pope Francis since his admission to hospital last month with pneumonia in both his lungs. The pope cast a somber figure; seated in a wheelchair and taken ...

The Vatican issued an update Saturday on the health of Pope Francis, who remains in Rome’s Gemelli hospital under the care of doctors, saying that while his prognosis remains "complex," the pope ...

Pope Francis made a surprise entrance to St. Peter’s Square during a special Jubilee Mass for the sick and health workers on Sunday, marking his first public appearance at the Vatican since ...