Renaissance painter’s fresco cycle depicting the life of the saint in Assisi, Italy, took an innovative, vibrant approach to ...

From Polish pilgrimage trails to French vineyards, the places popes come from often gain new meaning. With the announcement ...

Lesser-known New Rome also provides respite from crowds, as the city centre battles with over tourism. When the Trevi fountain reopened after restoration works in December 2024, it did so with a new ...

I have long forsaken my religious upbringing, but an Italian mass the day after the Papal funeral? It’s like Italy’s Mayhem ...

Leo said the world was living through "the dramatic scenario of a Third World War being fought piecemeal," repeating a phrase ...

Pope Leo XIV has appealed to world leaders to pursue peace, not war, in his first Sunday address to crowds in St Peter’s ...