Van Gogh’s painting was inspired by French artist Jean-Francois Millet’s 1860 painting. But he transformed Millet’s ...

Leo XIII is known as the social justice pope because of encyclical, Rerum Novarum. This “Magna Carta of Social Justice” was ...

Raphael and Dürer struck up a long-distance friendship when they were at the peak of their popularity, living over 600 miles ...

The Vatican Library is the custodian of a major part of humanity’s literary heritage. That includes more than 80,000 ancient ...

When someone accepts election as pontiff, there undergoes a change in that individual, not only in life purpose in leading ...

More than 80,000 ancient manuscripts from the Vatican Library will be restored and digitized thanks to an agreement with the ...

GOD”S love, mercy and goodness lie at the foundation of every vocation, including that of the the pontiff, Pope Leo XIV said. “Let us ask the Lord for the grace to cultivate and spread his charity and ...

The portrait captures Pope Leo XIV in a moment of serene reflection. Released to the public during a special press event at the Apostolic Palace, the portrait is expected to become one of the defining ...

In Afghanistan, the Taliban banned chess. Cardinal Robert Prevost, 69, an American missionary with US and Peruvian citizenship, was elected Pope, becoming Leo XIV. Hamas released an Israeli-American ...

The first official portrait of Pope Leo XIV was released on Friday. Vatican News shared the portrait on Facebook, and in just three hours, the post was shared over 4,700 times and liked 1,200 times.

The Vatican has released the official portrait of Pope Leo XIV and people are all saying the same thing about one major detail of his outfit. On 9 May, Pope Leo XIV was announced as the new leader of ...