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"The Last Judgement" by Michelangelo Buonarroti is pictured in the Sistine Chapel Feb. 21, 2020. The Vatican Museums announced Feb. 23, 2026, that restoration work has begun on Michelangelo's magnificent fresco. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Historian reflects on Michelangelo's 'Last Judgement' with Sistine Chapel restoration underway

Courtney Mares|Feb 27, 2026|4 Min Read

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The honor – and challenge – of painting martyr Peter To Rot

Catholic News Agency|Oct 21, 2025|4 Min Read

An image of "The Deposition of Christ," recently attributed to Renaissance painter Andrea Mantegna, is seen in this photo released by the Vatican March 17, 2025. The previously lost painting will be on display in the Vatican Museums. (CNS photo/courtesy Governorate of Vatican City State)

Vatican unveils 'lost' Renaissance painting of the deposition of Christ

Justin McLellan|Mar 18, 2025|2 Min Read

“Lettuce Ranch-Salinas Valley,” by Edward Weston, 1886-1958, American. | (Norton Simon Museum)

Finding the 'Essence of Food' at Norton Simon Museum

Heather King|May 12, 2023|4 Min Read

Caravaggio

Sinner and sage: Despite troubled life, Caravaggio mastered spiritual meanings

Carol Glatz|Jan 26, 2023|4 Min Read

Benedict

Tennessee artist captured legacy of Pope Benedict in official portrait

OSV News|Jan 11, 2023|7 Min Read

Natalia Tsarkova works on a portrait of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI in her studio in central Rome. (Daniel Ibáñez/CNA)

From ‘real life’: Papal artist unveils painting of Benedict XVI as pope emeritus

Hannah Brockhaus|Nov 3, 2022|5 Min Read

"Supper at Emmaus," by Davide Piubeni.

How LA's pilgrim painter found his 'destiny' in the Church

Heather King|Jun 10, 2022|4 Min Read

“The Miraculous Draught of Fishes” (1515), one of the seven remaining “Raphael Cartoons” for tapestries for the Sistine Chapel (Victoria and Albert Museum). (Wikimedia Commons)

Celebrating the genius of Raphael, 500 years later

Elizabeth Lev|Feb 13, 2020|5 Min Read

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