Pope Francis has baptised 21 babies in the Sistine Chapel on Sunday under the ceiling frescoed by Michelangelo, in what has ...

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Pope Francis baptized 21 babies in the Sistine Chapel, a tradition marking the end of Christmas at the Vatican. He emphasized the children's importance in the ceremony, which includes lighting a ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis baptised 21 babies in the Sistine Chapel on Sunday under the ceiling frescoed by Michelangelo, in what has become an annual tradition that marks the end of the ...

The pontiff personally administered the sacrament of baptism on the infants, who are the children of Vatican employees working at the Holy See. The celebration marks the feast day that recalls ...

The world’s smallest sovereign state has a population of less than 800 and is surrounded by the city of Rome, but the Vatican ...

Steinberg further notes that “the Vatican’s Master of Ceremonies [Biagio] complained of the nudities in the Sistine Last Judgment even before the fresco was finished.” Michelangelo’s work ...

Nelson, with a detail of Michelangelo’s 1499 Pietà at St ... ecclesial hierarchy played a crucial role in convincing the Vatican to loan their most precious sculpture to New York.