The interior of the building is covered in 70-year-old fresco murals that encourage some in the state's art community to describe it as “Maine's Sistine Chapel.” The murals were painted by artists in ...

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Jordi Faulí I Oller is currently the head architect of the basilica, the seventh to hold the position. Several architects who ...

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Pope Francis on Monday signed a decree that recognized the 20th-century visionary’s “heroic virtues” and put him on the path ...

The Register presents five of Tissot’s works that reflect Christ’s path, with reflections.

For the third consecutive year, the Holy See will have its own pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale event in Italy.

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From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis made his first public appearance since being discharged from hospital two weeks ago after treatment for double pneumonia, entering St Peter's Square at the Vatican in a ...

Pope Francis surprised health workers and sick patients on Sunday at St. Peter’s Square during a special mass, marking his first public appearance at the Vatican since he left the hospital after being ...