LUBBOCK, Texas (NEWS RELEASE) - Sixtus Z. Atabong, a Lubbock neurosurgery physician’s assistant and president/founder of Purpose Medical Mission, was awarded the second Diekemper Service Above Self ...

The Sistine Chapel is named after Pope Sixtus IV, an avid art lover who oversaw the construction of the main papal chapel in the 15th century. However, a later pontiff, Pope Julius II ...

This was after the death of Pope Sixtus IV in 1484, who had been the pontiff since 1471 and after whom the building takes its name. A number of conclaves have been held elsewhere, including ...

Sixtus Z. Atabong, a Lubbock neurosurgery physician’s assistant and president/founder of Purpose Medical Mission, will be awarded the second Diekemper Service Above Self Award at the Rotary Club ...

Built around 432 under Pope Sixtus III, the basilica holds some of the Catholic Church’s most important relics, including an icon of the Virgin Mary holding the baby Jesus, attributed to Saint Luke.

In 1903, the pope’s missing Fisherman’s Ring and fortune worth up to $45 million were missing. Ancient tradition mandated that the old ring had to be destroyed before a new pope could be ...

The most recognizable is Michelangelo's Creation of Adam, showing God's outstretched hand imparting the divine spark of life to the first man.The chapel is named after Pope Sixtus IV, an art ...