For those (arch)dioceses that do not mark today as the Ascension, the liturgical calendar allows celebration of the optional ...

A painting of Pope Paul VI, who issued the Humanae Vitae encycical in 1968, at the Casa Santa Maria dell'Umilta of the Pontifical North American College, Rome. Religion News Service file photo by ...

On June 23rd, 1973 the Vatican Museums inaugurated their new Collection of Modern Religious Art. It was Giovanni Battista Montini (1897-1978), Pope Paul VI, who initiated this significant venture.

As he wraps up a Vatican meeting marked by sharp debates over sex and morality, Pope Francis on Sunday will honor one of his most controversial predecessors by beatifying Pope Paul VI, who is most ...

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 ...