Michelangelo's famous The Last Judgment fresco in the Sistine Chapel is getting its biggest facelift in more than three ...

Museum officials say human sweat from the 25,000 people who tour the Vatican Museums daily creates the coating.

In a gesture to Pope Paul III, who published the papal bull “ Subliminus Deus ” prohibiting the enslavement of indigenous peoples, Michelangelo depicted in “The Last Judgement” a Black man and a white ...

Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel fresco has been cleaned for the first time in decades after human sweat damaged the painting.

The Vatican Museums have announced a major restoration of Michelangelo’s Last Judgement in 2026. Considered one of the Renaissance master’s greatest feats, the monumental fresco covers the altar wall ...

Vatican Museums officials recounted the discoveries in inaugurating the hall, known as the Room of Constantine, after the last scaffolding came down. The reception room, which was painted by Raphael ...

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican on Saturday returned 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada as part of the Catholic Church’s reckoning with its role in helping suppress Indigenous culture in the ...

Vatican removes sweaty coating on Michelangelo’s ‘The Last Judgment’ - Climate change also has a role to play ...

Pope Leo XIV meets with leaders of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops and gives the conference 62 artifacts that will be returned to Indigenous communities in Canada. With the pope, from left ...