Pope Francis
Pope Francis returns Vatican Museums’ Parthenon marbles to Greece
The pope’s decision to give the Vatican’s three Parthenon marbles to the head of the Greek Orthodox Church comes amid mounting pressure on the British Museum to repatriate its marbles to Greece
Repatriationnews
Pope Francis addresses forced assimilation in Canadian tour amid calls for repatriation of Indigenous artefacts from Vatican Museums
Francis delivered a speech in Maskwacis as part of a week-long visit to apologise for the role of the Catholic church in the cultural genocide of Indigenous communities
Vatican Museumsnews
Vatican opens contemporary art gallery in 15th-century library
"Cultures become sick when they become self-referential," says Pope Francis at gallery launch
Coronavirusnews
Pope cuts pay for clerics but not for Vatican Museum employees
After pandemic revenue crash, Vatican slashes its spending but protects all jobs
Religious artcomment
Pope Francis, his crucifix and the Virgin Mary: miraculous or merely traditional?
Art history removes the numinous from art. At the Vatican’s Covid-19 blessing we saw it invoked again