St. John died in a building behind the St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral on Capitol Hill. The room where he died is a ...

Shrewsbury will host a rare musical event, next month, when centuries old chants – silenced for almost a millennia – will be ...

The pope’s unadorned tomb, marked by a single Latin word — Franciscus — was intended, a cleric said, to reflect a life of ...

President Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine are among the world leaders who plan to attend the funeral. The ...

The Mother Goddess has been an oft-repeated figure in Indian cinema, be it as an icon in itself, be it in a metaphorical form ...

TWO hundred thirty thousand — that is the estimate of the crowd that massed at the Piazza di San Pietro and the streets of ...

Recap our coverage from Pope Francis's funeral as world leaders gather in Rome. Francis died on Easter Monday after 13 years ...

In Greece, Orthodox Easter is celebrated with an entire week of festivities – aptly titled The Holy Week – with Good Friday ... said to light an oil candle inside the home beside their icon-candle and ...

Francis’ beloved icon of Mary, the Salus Populi Romani ... Jordan and Monaco also paid their final respects. Anglican, ...

RECAP: An estimated 250,000 people, including world leaders and royals, packed St Peter’s Square for Pope Francis’ final ...

Cardinals will meet starting May 7 in a secret conclave to elect the next pope, the Vatican has said. The closed-door meeting will start inside the Sistine Chapel on 7 May and will involve some 135 ...