Dazzling with diamonds, emeralds and gold, 70 pieces of treasure — said to be some of the most valuable in the world — have been transported from a vault in a Naples cathedral to a museum in Rome.

Three times a year, Naples citizens gather in anticipation of witnessing the city’s patron saint, San Gennaro, perform a miracle. Hundreds gather outside the Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta in ...

The reliquary of St. Januarius at Mass in Naples Cathedral, Italy, Dec. 16, 2021. (photo: Screenshot / canale21.it.) CNA Staff World December 16, 2021 NAPLES, Italy — The blood of St. Januarius ...

“We have just taken from the safe the reliquary with the blood of our patron saint, which immediately completely liquefied,” the abbot of the chapel of the treasury of the Naples Cathedral ...

The bones and blood of St. Januarius -- San Gennaro in Italian -- are preserved as relics in Naples Cathedral. The bishop is believed to have been martyred during the Diocletian persecution.

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151; -- A group of nuns dedicated to a wholly contemplative life swarmed Pope Francis today while he was giving a speech in Naples Cathedral in Italy. Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, who was officiating ...