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

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

VATICAN CITY — 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 ...

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 ...

Day 6 includes the creation of man, not in the sense of “male” but in the sense of mankind, humanity. Unlike Genesis 2, ...

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 ...

And iconic artworks and sites such as Michelangelo’s Pietà ... baroque treasures to discover beyond the heavy traffic of the Vatican and Galleria Borghese. Palazzo Altemps, for instance ...