Take Julius II who was described as “the most ferocious ... Due to a reluctance to align the Papal States to join the Continental System, France occupied and annexed the Papal States in 1809 ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost of the United States is the new pope ... Apocryphal accounts persist of Julius II, the so-called “Warrior Pope,” leading a charge over the walls of Bologna in 1506.

This selection comes after two days of conclave in the Sistine Chapel, tying the modern record for the fastest selection of a pope.

To decorate the chapel's ceiling, Michelangelo Buonarroti was the man for the job, being tapped by Pope Julius II (who was Sixtus IV nephew and pope from 1503 to 1531) to do so. Pope Julius II ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The conclave for the selection of the new Pope to replace Pope Francis started on Wednesday, May 7, 2025 at 10:00 AM Vatican time in Rome. Cardinals from various countries gathered ...

Raphael inherited Leo X as a papal client following the death of Julius II in 1513. On the left of the painting is Leo’s cousin, Cardinal Giulio de’ Medici, who acted as de facto ruler of ...

Four centuries on from the era of the great Renaissance art patron Popes—Julius II, Paul III, Paul V and Urban VIII—Pope Pius XII in 1949 launched a competition to build three new bronze doors ...

Although it is the official residence, Pope Francis does not reside in the Apostolic Palace and chooses the papal apartment instead ...

Raphael, Portrait of Pope Julius II, 1511, oil on panel. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons When discussing the arts, the church is impossible not to mention. The two are often deeply connected throughout ...