Christ’s Charge to Peter, by Raphael: Christ points to a flock of sheep as Peter kneels holding the keys.

Come and explore.

Two thousand years of real people, real places and real popes. Some of them were saints. Some, honestly, were not.

New here? Start with this: Start with the journey map

The Sea of Galilee at Tabgha, calm water and the far shore under a clear sky.

The journey map

From the grotto at Bethlehem to the tomb of Peter, stop by stop.

Play the centuries
Photograph of the facade and dome of St. Peter’s Basilica at dusk.

The popes

All 267, from Peter to Leo XIV, with 25 full stories.

Meet the popes
The Basilica of San Francesco in Assisi, seen from the hillside: two stacked churches and a long arcade above the Umbrian plain.

The saints

Martyrs, mystics and street priests, and the feast for every day.

Meet the saints
Book of Kells, folio 27v: the four Gospel symbols, a man, a lion, a calf and an eagle, in a woven border.

The Bible timeline

Creation to the early Church in one scroll, and how we got 73 books.

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Everything in this room

Raphael, Christ’s Charge to Peter, tapestry cartoon, 1515–1516. Royal Collection, on loan to the V&A, London, public domain. Britchi Mirela, 2014. Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Jebulon, 2013. Wikimedia Commons, CC0. Timothy A. Gonsalves, 2023. Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Book of Kells, folio 27v, the symbols of the four evangelists, c. 800. Trinity College Library, Dublin, public domain.