By Andres Serrano Vatican City, June 24, 2023: Pope Francis on June 23 praised artists as true visionaries who can see, dream and invent as he welcomed 200 artists, filmmakers and writers into the Sistine Chapel to mark the 50th anniversary of the Vatican Museums’ contemporary art collection. The PopeContinue Reading
The Vatican Museums have launched a new YouTube channel and updated their website offering high-resolution images of their masterpieces along with mobile-friendly information. The Musei Vaticani YouTube channel shows a number of short visual tours of some of its collections and a range of promotional videos highlighting tours and services offeredContinue Reading
Rome: The Vatican library is using technology developed by space agencies to digitise its collection, which includes almost 80,000 medieval manuscripts as well as 1.1 million printed volumes. The European Space Agency said that the flexible image transport system (FITS) format, developed with Nasa to store satellite images and otherContinue Reading
Vatican City — Pope Francis made a surprise visit to greet 150 homeless people who were given a special tour of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican Museums Thursday by the papal charitable office. It was a brief, affectionate and emotional encounter. The Pope crossed the threshold of the SistineContinue Reading