Top Vatican officials have collaborated in the launch of VatiVision, a new on-demand streaming service aimed at promoting Christian values through film. #Vatican #Rome #Italy #VatiVision

The Vatican Museums reopened June 2nd, revealing newly restored frescoes in the Raphael Rooms depicting scenes from early Church history to the public. #VaticanMuseums #Rome #Italy #SacredArt #Raphael

Italy has announced that libraries, exhibitions, and museums would be allowed to open with limited entrance if they could guarantee visitors would observe social distancing and if the institutions followed health regulations. #VaticanMuseums #VaticanCity #Rome #Italy #SacredArt

On the Pantheon (The Basilica of Saint Mary of the Martyrs) in Rome, Italy: #SacredArchitecture #Pantheon #Rome #Italy

Less than one day after the Diocese of Rome, Italy issued a decree to close all churches to the public, the vicar general revised the decree Friday saying he will leave this decision to the discretion of parish priests. #CoronaVirus #Rome #Italy #ChurchClosings

The Vatican has instituted new measures and closures to help curb the spread of the coronavirus. Following the lead of the Italian government, the Vatican also announced March 8 that the Vatican Museums, the necropolis under St. Peter's Basilica and the museum at the papal villa at Castel Gandolfo would be closed until April 3. #VaticanCity #VaticanMuseums #Rome #Italy #CoronaVirus

Twelve tapestries by Renaissance master Raphael are back on display in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel in Rome, Italy, nearly five centuries since they were last shown in the space together. #Rafael #Tapestries #VaticanCity #Rome #Italy #SistineChapel

Pope Francis recently blessed the “100 Nativities in the Vatican” display, with the pope spending about 40 minutes meeting the staff and artists of the exhibition and viewing the nearly 130 nativities from 30 different countries. The previous week, Pope Francis visited the Italian town of Greccio, where St. Francis of Assisi created the first nativity scene with live animals in a cave in 1223. #Rome #Assisi #Italy #Vatican #Nativity #Advent #Christmas

The Vatican unveiled the Nativity scene and lit the Christmas tree with energy-saving lights in Saint Peter's Square in Rome, Italy during a late afternoon ceremony December 5th. #Rome #Italy #Vatican #Nativity #Advent #Christmas

The Vatican Museums has opened an exhibit of recently restored paintings of the Virgin Mary by early Renaissance painter Carlo Crivelli. The exhibit, “Crivelli’s Gold,” is on display in the Vatican’s Pinacoteca Museum through January, 2020. #Pinacoteca #VaticanMuseums #Art #Rome #Italy

‘Mater Amazonia - The deep breath of the world’ remains on display at the Vatican Museums in Rome, Italy through January 2020. #Rome #Italy #VaticanMuseums

On the Basilica of Saint Sabina, the oldest Basilica in Rome, Italy: #Roma #Rome #Italy #Sacred #Catholic #Architecture #Basilica #ChurchHistory

A guide to the works of Donato Bramante in Rome, Italy: #sacred #architecture #Roma #Rome #Italy #Bramante #Renaissance