As specialists cleaned and studied the rooms in the Apostolic Palace, they learned new information about the Renaissance ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Castel Gandolfo's pilgrims, bikers and locals have missed a papal presence in the town.

Step inside the awe-inspiring Sistine Chapel in Vatican City, where Michelangelo’s legendary ceiling frescoes—including The Creation of Adam—unfold above in breathtaking detail, offering a rare and ...

Occasionally they remember to call him by his new name, Pope Leo XIV, but it’s unfamiliar to their tongue. One of the guests ...

Then-Massachusetts Sen. John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Bouvier were married on Sept. 12, 1953, at St. Mary's Church in Newport, Rhode Island. The reception for more than 1,200 guests, including ...

Michelangelo, da Vinci, Van Gogh and company were pretty brilliant at hiding secret messages in their paintings Finding secret messages in paintings There’s a reason why masterpiece works of art spark ...

Rounding out his roster of famous cousins is “On the Road” author Jack Kerouac. Pope Leo XIV, 70, became pontiff May 9 after just two days and four rounds of voting by the College of Cardinals ...

In a fascinating twist of fate, Madonna, Justin Bieber, and Angelina Jolie share ancestry with Pope Leo XIV, tracing back to a 17th-century Quebec family.

Pope Leo XIV has some very famous distant relatives, including both Madonna and Justin Bieber The New York Times found that the pope is related to Louis Boucher de Grandpre, who is a distant ...

Pope Leo XIV made history when he became the first-ever American-born pontiff. The pope, who was born in Chicago, has Creole roots from his ancestors in New Orleans.

The president also gave the pope a reliquary in the shape of a cedar, Lebanon's national tree, holding the relics of St. Charbel and three other Lebanese saints. Pope Leo gave the president a ...