More than 250,000 people paid their respects to the pontiff at his funeral in front of St. Peter’s Basilica, the Vatican said ...

The family had booked the ceremony over a month ago at Sant’Anna — a 16th-century church tucked ... has already boarded Air Force One at Leonardo da Vinci International Airport.

The movie based on the controversial novel by Dan Brown claimed that there were symbols and other hidden meanings about Jesus Christ, the apostles and the Holy Grail encoded in Leonardo da Vinci ...

This was the case with none other than the most famous painting ever, Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci. It is said that da Vinci began to paint his greatest work in 1503 but only finished it in 1517, so ...

The 16th-century Sistine Chapel, where conclaves are held, was closed to tourists on Monday to allow for preparations for the vote. The past two conclaves, in 2005 and 2013, lasted just two days.

The previous two conclaves, held in 2005 and 2013, lasted just two days. The 16th-century Sistine Chapel, where conclaves are held, was closed to tourists on Monday to allow for preparations for ...

Enter cardinals. The Vatican has closed the Sistine Chapel, where cardinals will gather for the conclave to elect the next pope after the death of Pope Francis on April 21 at age 88.

The locus classicus for such hagiography is the treatment of Raphael, Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo in Giorgio Vasari’s Lives of the Artists (1550). It is not difficult to draw a direct line from ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Exit tourists. Enter cardinals. The Vatican has closed the Sistine Chapel, where cardinals will gather for the conclave to elect the next pope after the death of Pope Francis ...