Pope Francis marked the Immaculate Conception by visiting to two of Rome’s most important Marian sites, followed by an ...

Maffeo Barberini lived up to the lofty expectations of his aristocratic parents by being elected pope in 1623 ... the National Gallery of Ancient Art. It was built during Urban VIII’s papacy ...

Art, particularly pyrography (woodburning), became a form of therapy for the teenager, her family said. Her mother Natasha Pope said: "I don't speak about my daughter in the past tense - I utter ...

Pope Francis marked the Solemnity of the Immaculate ... combines religious imagery with historical context. On loan from the Art Institute of Chicago, it is currently on display as part of a ...