Beyond the Biennale, he personally authorised major art restoration projects and continued the acquisition of contemporary works—a tradition that dates back to Pope Paul VI. The Vatican’s ...

Cadaver Synod, by French artist Jean Paul Laurens, was vastly different from what many papal art pieces looked like. This painting depicts the posthumous trial of Pope Formosus, in Italy during the ...

On Sunday morning, May 18, a Mass for the beginning of the pontificate of Pope Leo XIV will take place in St. Peter's Square ...

From Biennale visits to calls for restitution, the late Pope Francis left an indelible mark on contemporary art and cultural ethics.