Bending Journey of Discovery When Dan Brown published "The Da Vinci Code" in 2003, he forever changed the landscape of religious thrillers, blending historical mysteries, art symbolism, and spiritual ...

A Catholic archbishop in India has called on Christians and people of other faiths to watch an American film depicting Jesus’ ...

In this year of the Catholic Jubilee, some locals are sounding the alarm about the risks of overtourism. But Rome is planning ...

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High Renaissance artist and architect Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino ... alongside his two rivals Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci. Raphael at the Vatican Museums Despite dying at the age of 37, Raphael ...

St. Peter’s Basilica is pictured during a press tour to present the recent restoration of the funerary monuments of Popes ...

James is a published author with four pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary. A new study has found an entire new ...

When the former New York Times Paris bureau chief first set out to write a book about the most famous and largest museum in ...

When it comes to the Renaissance greats, Raphael surely needs no introduction. His huge impact on the course of Western art ...

Francis greeted crowds at the Vatican and seemed to be in good spirits. He was seated in a wheelchair and wearing what appeared to be a nasal cannula aiding his breathing. The 88-year-old pontiff ...