National Catholic Register

Vatican Unveils New Timothy Schmalz Statue ‘Be Welcoming’ in St. Peter’s Square

The same Scripture verse also inspired Schmalz’s Angels Unawares sculpture — also located within St. Peter’s Square — which depicts 140 migrants of different ethnicities and nationalities standing on ...
National Catholic Register

Vatican Museums Unveils ‘Iconic Statue’ Apollo Belvedere After Years of Restoration Work

The restoration of Apollo Belvedere faced several challenges before its official unveiling on Oct. 15, including the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Apollo Belvedere is displayed at the ...
Aleteia

The story behind the Vatican’s 13-foot pine cone sculpture

A 2nd-century sculpture of a pine cone mentioned by Dante Alighieri in his "Divine Comedy" is a symbol of immortality and rebirth. By the time viewers get to the Cortile della Pigna, literally Pine ...
The Boston Globe

Vatican updates norms to authenticate visions of Mary, weeping statues, and stigmata

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Catholic Church has a long and controversial history of the faithful claiming to have had visions of the Virgin Mary, of statues that purportedly wept blood tears and stigmata ...
Crux

Bernini and the pope who promoted him celebrated as Vatican marks 400 years of St. Peter’s Basilica

Journalists attend the press preview of the exhibition “Bernini and the Barberini” at Palazzo Barberini in Rome on Feb. 11, 2026, with the marble statues from The Four Seasons cycle by Pietro Bernini ...