Most famous as the hometown of Shakespeare’s tragic couple Romeo and Juliet, Verona isn’t typically one of the first cities ...

The fight was ultimately irrelevant to the evening; more likely the byproduct of Italy’s lax public drinking laws than a ...

Two popes who played instrumental roles in building the world's largest church now gaze at one another with renewed clarity ...

It’s history. Memory. Scars etched deep into the landscape and the culture. That’s why warnings about America’s authoritarian slide sound louder here — louder even than the bells of the Basilica di ...

head of the necropolis and artistic heritage section of the Fabbrica di San Pietro that maintains the basilica. The papal ...

Two art restorers were putting the final touches on a months-long restoration of the tomb of Pope Urban VIII, who in 1626 ...

was granted the “spiritual bond of affinity” with the Basilica di San Pietro in Ciel D’Oro, one of the most ancient churches in Pavia, Italy. The CBCPNews said the devotion to St. Augustine ...

U.S. Cardinal Kevin J. Farrell, the "camerlengo" or chamberlain of the Holy Roman Church, announced to the world that Pope ...

head of the necropolis and artistic heritage section of the Fabbrica di San Pietro that maintains the basilica. The papal tombs now appear more “sparkling,’’ Zander said. An important change ...

U.S. Cardinal Kevin J. Farrell, the "camerlengo" or chamberlain of the Holy Roman Church, announced to the world that Pope Francis had died April 21 at the age of 88.

In a heartwarming and unexpected gesture, Pope Francis made a surprise visit to St. Peter’s Basilica on Thursday, April 10, to pray at the tomb of St. Pius X. This brief but meaningful outing marked ...