Renaissance and Reformation Papacy: Art and corruption The Renaissance Popes, including Pope Julius II (1503–1513) and Pope Leo X (1513–1521), were great patrons of the arts, funding masterpie ...

Summoned to Rome by Pope Julius II and asked to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel 1508-1512 In Rome painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel (finished October 1512) 1515-1534 Spent these ...

From the style and decoration of the chair to his beard, this portrait of Pope Julius II is laden with meaning. The painting depicts Julius towards the end of his life, when he was battling a ...

Religious podcasters would do well to study his affirmations of women’s equal dignity.

SAN ANTONIO — Pope John Paul II made history when he visited San Antonio, Texas, on Sept. 13, 1987, as part of his nine-city tour of the United States. It was the first and only time a pope ...

Best known for his iconic film scores, Morricone’s deep Catholic faith led him to compose a Mass that now stands among his ...

As Pope Francis remains in hospital, fighting pneumonia in both lungs, many have cast an uncertain eye towards the future of the Vatican. The Vatican leader was in critical condition over the ...

However, it’s something that a lot of people in the film industry, pundits like myself, have been saying: How crazy is it that life is actually imitating art?” Pope Francis remained in ...

VATICAN CITY — There has long been a Vatican taboo against openly talking about a conclave when a pope is sick ... the life-imitating-art coincidence of “Conclave” the movie finding mass ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — There has long been a Vatican taboo against openly talking about a conclave when a pope is sick: It’s considered gauche to speculate about the election of a new pope while ...