Politicians have been sneaking into religious art for centuries. The Byzantine emperor Justinian had himself depicted in a ...

A cherub painting in Rome - restored in 2023 after water damage - attracted large crowds due to its resemblance of Italian ...

An artist who restored a fresco in a church in central Rome with a likeness of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has ...

ROME, Feb 4 (Reuters) - An angel restored with the face of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has been scrubbed off a wall ...

ROME — Call it divine intervention, or maybe just a hasty fix-it job to put an end to days of speculation and scandal. But ...

Following days of intense public debate and a surge of curiosity-seekers, the likeness of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia ...

A figure resembling Italy’s prime minister on a Rome church wall blurred the lines between religion and politics ...

A painting in a Rome church has prompted an investigation following complaints that a newly-restored cherub bears a ...

By Crispian Balmer ROME, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Former army general Roberto Vannacci quit the League group, part of Italy's ...

A controversial far-right politician has left Giorgia Meloni’s governing coalition, creating a fracture in Matteo Salvini’s ...

A figure resembling Italy’s prime minister on a church wall has been scrubbed out after an outcry over blurring the lines ...

The Vatican has stepped in after a freshly restored church fresco in Rome sparked controversy for featuring an angel that ...