The 20-foot sculpture was unveiled during mass on the 105th World Day of Migrants and Refugees on Sunday. Depictions of Christ's parents Mary and Joseph have been included in the piece.
The Vatican has said that the pilgrimage to Medjugorje, a small town in Bosnia-Herzegovina, can yield ‘spiritual benefits’ but refrained from calling the apparitions genuinely supernatural.
The sculpture was on a pedestal in the middle of the room inside the cathedral, showing Mary sitting on a rock and giving birth. The diocese said it referred to the nativity scene in the cathedral ...
After the founder of the Army of Mary declared herself the reincarnation of the mother of Christ, the Vatican excommunicated ...
Stefano Costantino / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images The Vatican’s famous Apollo Belvedere—a marble statue of the Greek god of archery, music and dance—is finally back on public ...
VATICAN CITY, Nov 11 (Reuters) - The Vatican launched on Monday new Artificial Intelligence-enabled services for St Peter's Basilica, allowing virtual access to its Renaissance-era architectural ...
Financially supported by the 2021 Art Conservation Project of Bank of America and various chapters of the Patrons of the Arts in the Vatican Museums, among other organizations, the restoration ...
The Vatican introduced an anime-style mascot named Luce to represent Catholic pilgrims in the 2025 Jubilee year on Monday, ...
VATICAN CITY, Oct 15 (Reuters) - The Vatican Museums unveiled on Tuesday a restoration of one of the crown jewels of their collection, a 2nd century marble sculpture of the Greek god Apollo that ...
Following the discovery of the statue in Rome in 1489, Pope Julius II requested the Apollo Belvedere to be brought to the Vatican in the early 16th century to be part of a papal collection known ...
On Tuesday, the restoration of one of the Vatican Museums‘ most prized artworks was unveiled. The Apollo Belvedere is a marble sculpture of the eponymous Greek god dating back to the 2nd century CE.