The Vatican is now making it easier for members of the general public to visit the Vatican Necropolis, a Roman burial ground located a few feet beneath St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.. The more than ...

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The Vatican Museums has unveiled the last and most important of the restored Raphael Rooms. These are the spectacularly ...

Michael Haynes, a Vatican reporter for LifeSiteNews, the uber-conservative Catholic website in North America, ... and then pope to the world’s Roman Catholics. Advertisement ...

Pope Francis leaves after he presided over a mass celebrated by U.S. Cardinal Kevin Joseph Farrell in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican for the participants into the World Meeting of Families in ...

The Vatican is now making it easier for members of the general public to visit the Vatican Necropolis, a Roman burial ground located a few feet beneath St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. The more than ...

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The Vatican Museums, which house some of the world's greatest Renaissance masterpieces as well as ancient Roman and Egyptian artefacts, are the Holy See's most reliable source of income.

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An American tourist on Wednesday threw a tantrum and cracked two Roman busts in the Vatican Museums after officials denied him an audience with Pope Francis. The unidentified tourist, said to be ...

VATICAN CITY, Oct 5 (Reuters) - A man toppled two ancient Roman busts in the Vatican Museums on Wednesday, causing moderate damage before being stopped by staff and arrested, a museums source said.