VATICAN CITY — Ten thousand hours. This is how long it takes to digitally analyze, map and conserve a marble statue, which could well be 2,000 years old. The work is not about restoring the ...

Pope Francis. Date: 8th Century; The most valuable item held within the Vatican’s horde is considered to be Christianity’s crown jewel, The Papal Tiara. It is made of solid gold, various ...

A rare look at the Vatican Library's treasures 12:30. The Vatican Library is home to some of the oldest and most precious works of art and treasure known to man.

FORT LAUDERDALE -- Treasures of the Vatican are coming to Florida this weekend. The Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, will host "Saint Peter and the Vatican: The Legacy of the Popes," a collection ...

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An original 15th-century print by German artist Albrecht Durer can be found with original drawings for the altar at Rome’s Basilica of St. John Lateran by Baroque architect Francesco Borromeo.

NEW ORLEANS — "At long last, here they are," said Monsignor Crosby W. Kern of the 37 meticulously made glass and marble mosaics lining rooms of the Old Ursuline Convent in the French Quarter. "I ...

The Vatican Apostolic Library has teamed up with the European Space Agency (ESA) to digitize its treasures using space technology. The Library’s ancient collection is being digitized in an ...

Members of the English parliament wrote to Pope Clement VII in 1530 urging him to annul Henry VIII's marriage to his first wife so the king could marry Anne Boleyn, according to Vatican documents ...

The Vatican Museums 3D, a new film exploring treasures found inside the Vatican including Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel and paintings Giotto and Leonardo da Vinci, comes out on November 18.

A visit to the Vatican Library 12:26. We are about to visit a place few people have seen firsthand: the Vatican Library, a vast collection of historic treasures beyond compare.