In The Story of Art, EH Gombrich mentions that Michelangelo initially refused the commission for frescoes in the vault. “He ...

Pope Francis warned that bullying in schools prepares students for war rather than peace, in a speech to Catholic educators ...

The city’s upper brow may live here, but for tourists it’s a sweet spot – close enough to the city’s most visited sights and ...

President Joe Biden awarded gay marriage and abortion activists with Presidential Citizens Medals Thursday. Mary Bonauto, an ...

Ricky Gervais has offered up some of the jokes he would have made if he were hosting this weekend’s Golden Globe Awards.

The pontiff repeatedly emphasized his message against bullying, having participants pledge "No bullying!" during the audience ...

That Baby Jesus with outstretched arms, carved from olive wood from the Holy Land by Bethlehem's master craftsmen, has now ...

Many times in my life I have encountered nuns with a vinegar face, and this is not friendly, this is not something that helps ...

A new pedestrian square and walkway connecting Rome’s historic center to the Vatican and renovations to the Trevi Fountain ...