Pope Francis is dead at 88. His legacy includes an embrace of contemporary art, such as the first papal visit to the Venice ...

ASSISI, Italy (AP) — Pilgrims have been pouring into this medieval hilltop town to venerate not only two of the Catholic Church’s most celebrated saints, Francis and Clare, but its newest — Carlo ...

“He wanted the house gutted and turned into the ultimate bachelor pad filled with modern furnishings and contemporary art,” says Chris. “A total change from what it looked like before.” For Chris, ...

Today, its thirty-three surviving pieces are scattered around the world; eight of them were reunited for the first time since the eighteenth century in the exhibition “Siena: The Rise of Painting, ...

She mixes ancient khayamiya art with modern media to create liminal spaces for people to experience the transition between where they’ve been and where they’re going physically, emotionally ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A man looks at the heart relic of Carlo Acutis ...

ASSISI, Italy (AP) — With the upcoming canonization of its first millennial saint, the Catholic Church has turned to police in Italy to investigate the online sale of some purported relics of ...

The Church has enlisted Italian police to crack down on the illicit trade, highlighting the tension between the ancient practice of venerating relics and the modern marketplace of the internet.