The precious vestments, the solemn music, the scent of incense: Filippo Sorcinelli has been fascinated by the sacred since childhood. Thanks to his many talents, he has embraced every manifestation of ...

More of Caravaggio’s religious paintings are in chapels downtown Rome. The Conversion of Saul, an early version of which is in the exhibit, and the Crucifixion of Peter are in Santa Maria del Popolo, ...

Pope Leo XIV's religious order — preserves an iconic painting of the Virgin Mary by Caravaggio, the blockbuster artist who revolutionized the use of light and darkness in Western art.A new exhibit of ...

Pope Leo XIV’s religious order — preserves an iconic painting of the Virgin Mary by Caravaggio. He’s the blockbuster artist ...

When I first saw Giotto’s fresco cycle “The Legend of St. Francis” in the upper church of the Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi—a small Italian town two hours from Rome by train—I ...

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV appears at the balcony of St Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican ... friar who was a great companion of St Francis of Assisi, it was claimed. By choosing such a name ...

A life size interactive bronze sculpture that shows the transformation of a homeless person into an angel has been installed at St. Peter's Basilica ... to experience Pope Francis’ message ...

Though presidents and princes attended the Mass in St. Peter’s Square, prisoners and migrants welcomed Francis' coffin at his final resting place in a basilica across town. According to Vatican ...