Take a Tour of the Vatican Museums – from Home! - The Good Newsroom

Take a Tour of the Vatican Museums – from Home!

| 07/8/2024

By: Mary Shovlain

Visitors tour the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican Museums in this Feb. 21, 2020, file photo. The Vatican announced March 8 that the Vatican Museums will be closed until April 3 as a precaution against spread of the coronavirus. Also closed for the same duration are the necropolis under St. Peter's Basilica, museums at the pontifical villa at Castel Gandolfo, and the museums of the papal basilicas. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) See VATICAN-COVID-CLOSURES March 9, 2020.

Can’t make it to Italy and the Vatican this summer? You can still visit Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel, Raphael’s Rooms, and all the treasures of the Vatican Museums by taking the 360º virtual tours created to share these masterpieces with the world.

Just click on this link and you’re in!

Dominican Sisters of San Rafael Join National Dominican Sisters Association, Strengthening Mission for the Future

San Rafael sisters formalize new ties to a growing national network.

By:

The Good Newsroom

| 08/08/2026

Franciscans in Peru Martyred 35 Years Ago: They Stayed When People Needed Them Most

Surviving friar recalls the Polish missionaries who chose to remain with their flock as Shining Path violence spread.

By:

OSV News

| 08/08/2026

Fr. Nicholas Callaghan’s Homily: August 8, 2026

Fr. Nicholas Callaghan talks about St. Dominic, whose feast we celebrate today, and the world to which he responded in founding his order.

By:

The Good Newsroom

| 08/08/2026

Error, group does not exist! Check your syntax! (ID: 7)