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've ...

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 statue to ...

Activists and academics advocating for the repatriation of artifacts “stolen by Pope Pius XI and his missionaries” from Indigenous First Nations communities are displeased by Pope Leo ...

A distinguished cadre of British public figures is calling upon the Holy See to preserve what they describe as the “magnificent” cultural artifact of the Catholic Church’s Traditional Latin Mass. In ...

The Vatican’s Anima Mundi Ethnological Museum, nestled in the heart of Vatican City, is home to thousands of Indigenous artifacts from every corner of the globe. Originally collected for a 1925 ...

Kennedy, Thomas J., B.A., part I. History and general description of the Vatican palaces and gardens: History and general description of the vatican palaces / by Paul Maria Baumgarten ; The Vatican ...

It's not that often that the Vatican goes through its treasures and sends an exhibition on tour. It's doing it this year with a large-scale show filled with objects sacred and otherwise that are ...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Lovers of ancient books, parchments and illustrations can simulate being real-life researchers touching some of the world's rarest documents at a new exhibition on the ...

Gianni Crea, the Vatican Museums chief "Clavigero" key-keeper, opens the door of the 16th century "Pio Clementino" section, the museum's oldest one, at the Vatican, Monday, Feb. 1, 2021. Crea is the ...

Here’s an idea for the Roman Catholic Church, from a secular whose grandparents came from Italy and Poland, yet who still prays to the Saints, the Virgin, and the Holy Trinity. Better yet, sell the ...

ROME (Reuters) - 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 ...