Inside, though, the South Solon Meeting House has a secret unknown even to some who drive through the tiny Maine town every ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — 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 ...

Pope Francis has shown ‘’a truly surprising improvement’’ since returning to the Vatican to convalesce after surviving a life-threatening bout with double-pneumonia, according to the doctor who ...

When they first were revealed, the frescoes in the San Brizio Chapel of the majestic cathedral in Orvieto, Italy, both awed visitors and shocked them. The realistic scenes (1499-1504), portraying ...

LONDON — King Charles and his wife Queen Camilla’s state visit to the Vatican has been postponed because of medical advice that suggested Pope Francis would benefit from an extended period of rest, ...

The overwhelming grandeur, scope and vision of Michelangelo’s miraculous Sistine Chapel ceiling and “The Last Judgment” frescoes transcend reason and defy human capability. Comprising more ...

After five weeks of hospitalization with pneumonia, including moments where he came close to death, Pope Francis is back at home in the Vatican recovering. Now, the attention in the Vatican is on ...

However, the Vatican's Statistical Yearbook of the Church said, 9.1 million people received their first Communion in 2023, up from 8.68 million people the previous year, and almost 7.7 million people ...

An audience with the Pope and a service in the Sistine Chapel were key elements of the visit to the Vatican planned for the start of next month. Just last week, Buckingham Palace said that the ...

To anyone who has been to the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace ... jutting stuccoed rims, fresco panels depicting the birth of Jesus and gracefully curving golden archways ...

People watch Pope Francis makes first public appearance in five weeks, on a big screen in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican ...

Pope Francis has returned to the Vatican after spending five weeks recovering from a severe case of double pneumonia. The 88-year-old pontiff, appearing frail, made a brief stop at his favourite ...