A new exhibition in Rome is celebrating one of the most important patron-artist relationships in European history, one that propelled a young prodigy named Gian Lorenzo Bernini into a towering ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Visitors arrive at the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore to visit the tomb of the Late Pope Francis, one day after his burial. The ...

Roman Catholic faithful began visiting the tomb of Pope Francis on Sunday, filing past the simple white tomb in St. Mary Major Basilica a day after he was bade farewell by the powerful of the world ...

The Italian prime minister’s image appeared on a fresco and then suddenly vanished, earning the rector of the basilica a ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis says he wants to be buried in the Rome basilica of St. Mary Major, not in the grottoes of the Vatican like other popes, so he can be near his favorite icon of the Madonna.

If you want to experience the other side of Rome—the one not as congested with tourists—you’ll need to find the lesser-known ...

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni took to Instagram to distance herself from the work saying she 'definitely did not look ...

"It is a sensational finding. something that our grandchildren will be talking about," Italian Culture Minister Alessandro Giuli told a press conference.

A painting in a Rome church has prompted an investigation following complaints that a newly-restored cherub bears a ...

ROME (AP) -- Pope Francis says he wants to be buried in the Rome basilica of St. Mary Major, not in the grottoes of the Vatican like other popes, so he can be near his favorite icon of the Madonna.