Michelangelo’s “The Last Judgment” is undergoing its first major restoration in three decades. The imposing fresco of heaven and hell dominates the Sistine Chapel.

About 350,000 people have registered to venerate the relics of St. Francis of Assisi — the first public display of the bodily ...

At first glance, the official photo of Venerable Augusto Ramírez Monasterio -- known simply as "Fray Augusto" -- shows a ...

The chapel will remain open during the restoration. But the fresco itself, showing Jesus delivering his final judgment of ...

Bad Bunny’s year … one week before his Super Bowl Halftime show, the artist just won Album of the Year at the Grammy Awards! Beating out frontrunners like Kendrick Lamar and Sabrina Carpenter, BB’s ...

His eye is on the skilled trades. The U.S. Department of Labor has adopted the slogan “Make America Skilled Again.” But who gets to be part of this renaissance?  Since the 1980s, women have made small ...

Peru’s ambassador to the Holy See has publicly invited Pope Leo XIV to visit. The invitation, delivered during a Saturday ceremony in the Vatican gardens, confirms that 2026 is shaping up to be an ...

Pope Leo XIV surprises Peruvian bishops at lunch, underscoring his lasting bond with people and Church he once served ...

Ad limina visits by bishops tend to make headlines in local churches when the bishops involved are in some kind of trouble.

The idea of creating a refreshment point on the terrace of the number one basilica, practically above the tomb of the Apostle ...

The bishops of Peru received a surprise visit from <a href=" Leo XIV during a fraternal lunch held on Thursday as part of the Visita Ad Limina Apostolorum, taking place at the Vatican from January 26 ...

He seemed to know everyone at the Holy See, and it showed in his reporting for the National Catholic Reporter and his website ...