Dozens of drawings Michelangelo made while planning the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel will go on view at the Muscarelle ...

During the four years he spent painting the Sistine Chapel ceiling, Michelangelo executed hundreds of preparatory drawings, ...

The origins of the Library of Alexandria are still debated by historians, but it was likely established around 295 B.C.E. during the reign of Ptolemy I — and it was the center of knowledge in the ...

After missionary efforts many returned to union with Rome, and in 1553 Pope Julius III proclaimed the ... it had no single administrator until Pope John Paul II appointed a Major Archbishop ...

VATICAN CITY, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Pope Francis has dissolved a Catholic religious community with members across South America and the United States ... Pope John Paul II granted it recognition ...

LONDON, Jan 15 (Reuters) - Papal thriller "Conclave" led nominations ... immigrant seeking to rebuild his life in the United States after World War Two. That movie received nine nominations ...

‘Conclave' gets 12 nominations, including for Best Film, as music and horror movies earn nods in the BAFTA Film Awards LONDON, UK – Papal ... the United States after World War II.

Pope John Paul II granted it recognition as an official Catholic religious community in 1997. The group has been the subject of several investigations by the Peruvian prosecutors' office and the ...

Apostolic Exhortation on Jesus Christ and the Peoples of Oceania: Walking His Way, Telling His Truth, Living His Life Pope John Paul II Rome, November 22, 2001 Reference to Mary: paragraph 5 and 53, ...

Even the new Holocaust Museum in New York unjustly criticized Pope Pius XII for being silent during World War II. The Church has ... 1942 (Late Day edition, p. 16) states: This Christmas more ...

Established by Pope Julius II, the Swiss Guard is among the oldest military units in continuous operation, and is sometimes called “the world’s smallest army.” In 1793, during the French ...