The Vatican Museums' Laocoön and His Sons is long considered an exemplar of Hellenistic artistry—but what if it was actually ...

The Vatican’s famous Apollo Belvedere—a marble statue of the Greek god of archery, music and dance—is finally back on public display after a five-year restoration.

The Vatican may have been home to a series of 16 erotic frescos that were quickly turned into a booklet with accompanying ...

The Vatican Museums on Tuesday unveiled the restoration of the celebrated second-century "Apollo Belvedere" sculpture ...

A painting of Christ being laid in the tomb, long hidden under layers of overpainting and forgotten by history, will once ...

VATICAN CITY — Vandals have beheaded a sculpture featuring the Virgin Mary giving birth to Jesus that had been exhibited in the cathedral in the Austrian city of Linz and drawn criticism from ...

The release of the photo a month into his treatment came after dozens of young people gathered under the pontiff’s windows to ...

Here’s a look at the Vatican, also known as the Holy See, the spiritual and governing center of the Roman Catholic Church. Facts The full name of the country is State of Vatican City. It stands on ...

Our guide was a senior member of the Vatican’s art restoration team, the mother of Marty’s student now working in Rome. Petite and elegant, she welcomed us warmly, playfully tugging at the ...