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 ...

Discussing “the saints and art” when it comes to modern figures like Pope Paul VI is difficult. For one, the prevalence of photography and modern communications (e.g., video) obviate the ...

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.

This is a plural occasion to celebrate several important anniversaries: the eightieth anniversary of the appointment of Jacques Maritain as Ambassador of France to the Holy See, in 1945; the ...

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 ...

Pope Paul VI first invited artists into the Sistine Chapel ... to the inauguration of the Vatican Museums’ Modern and Contemporary Art collection. The collection, the youngest in the museum ...

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 ...