An Orthodox Church in Crete stands unique in Greece for integrating icons of heroes from the Greek War of Independence into ...

He urged the people to “continue to pray for the guidance of the Holy Spirit in choosing the candidates they will vote for.” The priest said ... of the huge concrete icon of the Risen Christ ...

In 2023, Pope Francis announced that he would be buried at St. Mary Major; his tomb has been prepared near the Salus Populi Romani icon. While most popes are buried at St. Peter’s in the Vatican, Pope ...

The French church is to question the Vatican over revelations published Thursday that it knew about sexual abuse allegations against French charity icon ... a priest had written to the Holy ...

It will take at least 89 cardinals to elect Pope Francis's successor. That's the two-thirds supermajority of the 133 men who ...

VATICAN CITY — As many as 200,000 people are expected to attend Pope Francis’ funeral in St. Peter’s Square as he is being ...

Baptized into Christ’s mission, we are priests, prophets, and kings — and St. Joseph the Worker shows us how to live that ...

The pope’s burial site, at his request, is the Basilica of St. Mary Major, one of the four papal basilicas in Rome. He joins ...

The Vatican had announced that the basilica would be open until midnight, but then indicated it would extend the hours due to ...

Doroteo Andrada del Rosario III, the island’s then-parish priest ... on Holy Thursday and Good Friday, featuring life-size images of saints and scenes from the Passion of Christ — icons ...