A change in popes is a complicated process. Here are the need-to-know terms — some of them in Latin — to help make sense of ...

A tiny church built in the trunk of a huge tree dedicated to Saint Paisios draws thousands of visitors each year from Greece ...

Each year on Aug. 5 the church liturgical calendar commemorates the dedication of St. Mary Major (in Italian, Santa Maria Maggiore), one of the five great ancient basilicas in Rome, and ...

Understanding how Divine Mercy fulfills, rather than replaces, the Sacred Heart message.

In accordance with his personal wishes, Francis will not be buried in the Vatican grottoes but instead at the Basilica of St.

A 4 c. BC Greek fresco bearing striking similarities to the traditional portrayals of the Virgin Mary has been discovered in ...

When Tang Tang, a mother from Tianmen in central China, gave birth to her second child in December, it brought her family untold joy – and a thick wad of cash. Within months of leaving hospital ...

“Ms. Lively felt that the selection of Mr. Baldoni’s friend for this intimate role, in which the actor’s face and hands were in close proximity to her nearly nude genitalia for a birth ...

From Arthur’s birth to his ascension to king and eventually ... set on the Feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, with Merlin appearing at Arthur’s court disguised as a harpist—a ...

On April 7, the Armenian Church celebrates one of her greatest feasts – the Annunciation to St. Mary. In the Gospel of Luke we learn that the Angel Gabriel brings the good news to the Virgin about the ...