ROME — Supernatural events like visions of the Virgin Mary and statues weeping ... as was the case for purported apparitions ...

was installed as part of a collection of Virgin Mary mosaics from around the world on the "Bastione Maestro," a wall that serves as the border of Vatican City. The mosaic, which shows the Virgin ...

VATICAN CITY – The Vatican on Friday overhauled its process for evaluating alleged visions of the Virgin Mary, weeping statues and other seemingly supernatural phenomena that have marked church ...

The frescoes of the Sistine Chapel, painted on the ceiling and walls in the Pope’s official residence in Vatican City, may be ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican is providing its long-awaited assessment on one of the more contested aspects of Roman Catholicism in recent years: the reported "apparitions" of the Virgin Mary ...

The Black Madonna—a revered painting of a dark-skinned ... Rwanda’s Bishop Augustin Misago and the Vatican declared that, yes, the Virgin Mary had appeared at Kibeho. In Rutka, Poland, Anna ...

In “Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300-1350,” time paradoxically stands still and rushes forward.

Insights Works of art are often targets for political dissent.  Thankfully, many art attacks can be painstakingly restored.  Some of these attacks are not meant to destroy but for attention.  Also: 2 ...

The relic dispayed just above the tomb of St. Peter will be accessible for public viewing until Dec. 8, the solemnity of the ...

Luce, he said, will also be the face of the Holy See’s pavilion at Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan, where she will represent the ...

The Catholic Church has revealed a new mascot, a cutesy, anime-inspired girl known as “Luce,” but the character sparked mixed ...