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Vatican removes salty white film coating Michelangelo’s ‘The Last Judgment’

Mar 1
Nicole Winfield

Auction officer Jean-Pierre Osenat gestures as the long-lost painting “Crucifixion of Jesus Christ” by Baroque master Peter Paul Rubens was sold at auction for 2,3 million euros or $2.66 million in Versailles, west of Paris, Nov. 30, 2025. (Credit: Michel Euler/AP.)

A long-lost Rubens painting depicting Crucifixion sells for $2.7 million

Dec 1, 2025
Associated Press

A journalist flips through a faithful reproduction of the 15th century Borso D’Este Bible, comprising two illuminated manuscripts, during its unveiling at the Italian Senate as part of the Vatican’s Holy Year celebrations in Rome, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

Bible described as the ‘Mona Lisa of illuminated manuscripts’ goes on display in Rome

Nov 14, 2025
Nicole Winfield,
Paolo Santalucia, Associated Press

Center founded by accused abuser rejects calls to remove his artwork

Aug 3, 2024
Elise Ann Allen

Children at an art exhibition at the Nuncio residence in Cameroon. (Credit: Ngala Killian Chimtom/Crux.)

Church uses art to plant peace in Cameroon

Jul 26, 2024
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Mosaic by Father Marko Rupnik inside of Redemptoris Mater chapel in the Vatican's Apostolic Palace. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Rupnik art dispute more nuanced than it seems, historian says

Jul 3, 2024
Elise Ann Allen

The famed Baldacchino by Bernini in St. Peter's Basilica. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Former employee arrested in Vatican sting operation for alleged fraud

Jun 7, 2024
Crux Now Staff

Famed Brazilian shrine struggles with fate of mosaics by accused Jesuit abuser

Aug 3, 2023
Eduardo Campos Lima

Pope’s favorite get-well cards come from children who are also sick

Jun 10, 2023
Elise Ann Allen

Debate over abusers’ artwork pits tradition against new moral imperatives

Apr 5, 2023
John L. Allen Jr.

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