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Catholic 'fashion' items to be displayed in New York

The Vatican will lend around 40 ecclesiastical works to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York for an exhibition focusing on the Catholic religion's impact on fashion, organisers said on Monday. Items such as papal rings and crowns worn by various popes from the 18th and 19th centuries will go on display, including precious treasures from...

Design

Vatican home to luxury store

Men of the cloth may devote their lives to God, but that doesn't mean they can't be fashionable doing so. The Vatican City is home to many treasures, including a department store offering luxury goods to prelates and their staff. In fact, the duty free shop is only open to the Vatican's 594 residents, who have the luxury of buying anything from...