On the ceiling of the chapel where the cardinals elected Pope Leo XIV is Michelangelo’s kaleidoscopic hieroglyphic — pointing ...

The Dome of the Rock was built by Caliph Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan. This dazzling piece of architectural brilliance is one of ...

Vatican City, the smallest country in the world, is home to some of the most spectacular art and architecture in Europe. The ...

Artists have captured the hidden world of papal elections for centuries, turning secrecy into spectacle for the public.

More than 130 cardinals from all over the world are gathering today for the papal conclave, through which a new head of the ...

Are you visiting some of the more popular european sites on your next trip to Europe? If so, you'll need to plan well ahead ...

In the many different arts he pursued—sculpture, architecture, painting, even playwriting—his works expressed ideas ... V's comparison of Bernini to Michelangelo was another notion that ...

Throughout history, there’s been so much drama at the top of the Catholic Church, it’s no wonder the movie Conclave was a ...

Loran Smith on why a new UGA Libraries award honoring Vince and Barbara Dooley is fitting for the late, legendary football ...

Whether you’re Catholic or not, it’s hard to argue with the fact that St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome is an amazing feat of architecture and art ... and religious objects, including works by Michelangelo ...

More than 250,000 people paid their respects to the pontiff at his funeral in front of St. Peter’s Basilica, the Vatican said ...