(ANSA) - ROME, FEB 3 - The Vatican has said scaffolding has been erected in the Sistine Chapel for restorers to give Michelangelo's the Last Judgement a much-needed clean-up. It said the maintenance ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Three conclaves set the stage for the moment when Pope Leo XIV stepped out onto the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica, stunning the world as the first U.S.-born pontiff elected in ...

Simony, properly defined by the Catholic Church as the selling of ecclesiastical offices and positions, has been designated as a grave sin since approximately 300 C.E. and can merit excommunication ...

The meticulous production design is worth its own movie rewatch.