Pope Benedict XVI
The papacyanalysis
Robert Francis Prevost has been elected Pope Leo XIV—why does this matter to the worlds of art and heritage?
The Chicago-born pontiff—the new spiritual leader of 1.3 billion Catholics and the proprietor in trust of the great art and architecture treasures of the Vatican—has publicly supported his predecessor Pope Francis's lead on climate change
Obituariesnews
Pope Benedict XVI, for eight years proprietor in trust of the Vatican's library and art collection, has died aged 95
The German-born conservative pontiff, a noted theological scholar, tried to accommodate contemporary art but became a subject of satire
Exhibitionsarchive
Vatican lends Raphael’s finest tapestries
Papal blessing and private funder for Victoria and Albert Museum’s Sistine show
Vaticanarchive
The V&A and the RA compete to present a Vatican show timed to coincide with the first state visit to Britain of Pope Benedict XVI
V&A will reunite Raphael’s Sistine tapestries with their cartoons for first time in 500 years