"Vatican Splendors" opens Sept. 19 at the Franklin Institute. It will include artwork by Michelangelo, embroidered silk vestments, religious relics and bone fragments of Saints Peter and Paul ...

Never willing to take a back seat at international ceremonies, Benjamin Franklin, the nation's preeminent ambassador, is joining the papal parade. Inside the Franklin Institute and the Benjamin ...

the Franklin Institute has announced that the city will also play host to art and other treasures covering 2,000 years of Catholic history. The traveling exhibition, titled, “Vatican Splendors ...

The largest exhibit is at the Franklin Institute (222 North 20th St., Philadelphia) and features objects drawn from the Vatican’s own collection, many of which have never been on display before.

PHILADELPHIA >> Over 2,000 years of historical and cultural history from the Vatican will be crossing the Atlantic Ocean to the Franklin Institute ... the Vatican treasures to Philadelphia.” ...

When Pope Francis is in town in September for the World Meeting of Families, he’ll have a little piece of home at the Franklin ... showcasing 200 treasures from the Vatican.

“Vatican Splendors” opens Sept. 19 at the Franklin Institute. It will include artwork by Michelangelo, embroidered silk vestments, religious relics and bone fragments of Saints Peter and ...

“Vatican Splendors” opens Sept. 19 at the Franklin Institute. It will include artwork by Michelangelo, embroidered silk vestments, religious relics and bone fragments of Saints Peter and ...