Consolmagno, who has a prodigious white beard, wavy gray bangs, and dark, beetling eyebrows, is one of fifteen scientists who ...

A video showcasing the exclusive opening of the Vatican Museums has mesmerized viewers on TikTok. The clip, which was captured on October 18, has garnered over 432,000 views since it was shared by ...

All Vatican museums will be closed on Saturday, the day of Pope Francis' funeral and burial. Cardinals traditionally gather in the Sistine Chapel to elect a new pope.

A delegation from the Vatican Museums presents to Pope Leo XIV a restored painting of St. Augustine, the work of an anonymous ...

The Vatican bank and the city state’s governorate, which controls the museums, also make annual contributions to the pope. As recently as a decade ago, the bank gave the pope around $62.7 ...

Sistine Chapel at Vatican Museum in Rome, Italy Sistine Chapel is the most famous in the world, but all the ceilings there are beautiful. Pugliese family visited Vatican Museum in Italy in June 2025 ...

“With this restoration, we rewrite a part of the history of art,” Vatican Museums director Barbara Jatta said. Pope Julius II summoned the young Raphael Sanzio from Florence to Rome in 1508 to ...