Lasting fascination with the artist means that Michelangelo fans looking for their fix rarely have to wait long before a ...

Pope Leo XIV closed his first public blessing as pontiff with a Hail Mary, after invoking the feast day of Our Lady of Pompei ...

One Mary, a myriad titles According to the Gospel, Mary is the mother of Jesus — and the mystery of the incarnation of the ...

Santa Croce is also home to what some say is the most important art collection of any church in Italy, the most notable works being spectacular frescoes done by Giotto. Recent visitors raved about ...

Pope Leo XIV closed his first public blessing as pontiff with a Hail Mary, after invoking the feast day of Our Lady of Pompei. On ...

In 1887, during a pilgrimage to Rome, Thérèse Martin — now known around the world as St. Thérèse of Lisieux — visited the ...

The soul of the Italian Renaissance and one of the most romantic cities in the world, Florence is a must on your European ...

The Vatican conclave will continue on Thursday with as many as four more rounds of voting. A two-thirds majority of the 133 cardinals is required to select a new leader for the world’s 1.4 billion ...

As a third-generation scion of Florentine art restorers and dealers ... squads were dispatched as the need arose — and Santa Croce,” the great basilica and repository of masterworks, which ...

The owner of Connolly reveals what she would take to a desert island and why she once waited four years to get a supper reservation.