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And once you check the major and extremely busy sites such as the Vatican or the Colosseum off ... with us who wanted to visit the stunning Etruscan city of Orvieto. Not only did we have the ...

An image of “The Deposition of Christ,” recently attributed to Renaissance painter Andrea Mantegna, is seen in this photo ...

The Vatican may have been home to a series of 16 erotic frescos that were quickly turned into a booklet with accompanying ...

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 ...

Today, the Chigi Olpe is housed in the National Etruscan Museum of Villa Giulia in Rome, alongside other masterpieces of Etruscan culture.

The Vatican on Tuesday launched new pastoral care guidelines for the protection and promotion of human life to mark the 30th anniversary of St. John Paul II’s encyclical letter Evangelium Vitae.

The Vatican's foreign minister warned on March 25 that the Trump administration's decision to gut the United States' foreign aid assistance has created a "problem worldwide." "We're hearing of the ...

Pope Francis experienced a "sudden worsening of the respiratory picture" Friday, the Vatican said, when he had an "isolated crisis of bronchospasm," which is when the muscles that line the airways ...

Pope Francis will resume "non-invasive mechanical ventilation" Tuesday despite his condition remaining stable, the Vatican announced. "Today the Holy Father’s clinical conditions remained stable.

For more than two weeks, eyes have been on the Vatican, awaiting news about Pope Francis' health. The pope has been at Rome's Gemelli Hospital since Feb. 14, 2025, being treated for double ...