The richest Roman burial ever discovered came to light in 1544, when workmen opened a granite sarcophagus under the floor of St. Peter’s Basilica. The sarcophagus contained the bones of Maria, wife of ...

The structures and buildings that "need help" include the ill Garden Pergola on Hampstead Heath in London, the birthplace of ...

Symphony Orchestra musicians performing contemporary chamber music at the Pulitzer Arts Center curated in response to the ...

Pope Leo XIV visited the tomb of Pope Francis at St. Mary Major Basilica in Rome, laying flowers and offering prayers a day ...

Video. Pope Leo XIV visited the tomb of Pope Francis at St. Mary Major Basilica in Rome, laying flowers and offering prayers ...

Salvatore Cernuzio Before heading to Castel Gandolfo for his customary weekly day of rest, Pope Leo XIV stopped at around ...

Bishop Joseph Williams kneels at the tomb of Pope Francis in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome. Bishop Williams ...

On Monday, Dec. 1, Pope Leo will travel to Annaya to pray at the tomb of St. Charbel Makhlouf, the 19th-century Maronite monk venerated for his holiness and miracles. Pope Leo XIV waves to pilgrims ...

A man was allegedly filmed urinating on the Altar of the Confession in St. Peter’s Basilica as hundreds looked on, prompting Pope Leo to order a purification rite. The man reportedly bypassed barriers ...

A man urinated on the Altar of the Confession at St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican on October 10th around 9:30 a.m. local time, witnessed by hundreds of tourists. The individual bypassed security ...

In his new book, Twelve Churches: An Unlikely History of the Buildings that Made Christianity, Fergus Butler-Gallie attempts to do just that but on a global scale. The 12 churches in the book are from ...

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican unveiled the largest and most luxurious of the pagan tombs in the necropolis under St. Peter's Basilica on Tuesday after nearly a year of restoration work. A family of ...