Forty-two cardinals, 42 bishops and 1,800 priests living in Rome concelebrated the Mass. Holy Thursday marks the institution ...

The impressive dome ceiling in Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica in Rome.Credit: Getty Images However, the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel is not the only one in Rome. And the one inside the Basilica ...

The gaze of those who enter the Sistine Chapel through the ceremonial door – the east door of the building, the one through which popes, cardinals and their retinue have always made their entrance, ...

is purposefully more modern than the Sistine Chapel and the other Vatican rooms. Davies wanted to balance the traditional ornate Rome with Brutalist and Fascist architecture, particularly as no ...

The choristers of St Paul’s Cathedral perform Allegri’s ‘Miserere’ in its traditional two-choir setting, in the resonant ...

He was forced to flee Rome as a consequence ... Michelangelo’s Last Judgement in the Sistine Chapel). While it has not been proven that the Vatican had its own pornographic palace, the legend ...

King Charles and Queen Camilla have had a private meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican where he wished them a happy 20th ...

The palace shared news about King Charles and Queen Camilla's upcoming visit to Italy and the Vatican amid Pope Francis' health concerns.

Charles is slated to visit the Papal Basilica of St. Paul’s Outside the Walls − a site English kings had a particular link to ...

It will also feature events in Italy including its capital of Rome, which surrounds Vatican ... the King’s Chapel Royal, St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle and the Sistine Chapel will ...