From southern Sicily to Puglia, Italy is full of villages and small towns where Baroque art has left a spectacular mark. Here ...

The sanctuary is run by the religious of the Order of St. Augustine and “houses an ancient image of the Virgin, dear to the ...

Chicago’s South Side was solidly working class during Pope Leo’s childhood, said Rob Paral, a researcher at the Great Cities ...

Who was Pope Leo XIII, the man whose name the newly-elected Pope chose? He wasn't what people thought he would be.

The motto that Francis selected for his papacy, ‘looking at him with mercy, he chose him,’ was inspired by Caravaggio’s ...

Rosario Correale, from Salerno, Italy, said that he experienced "great emotion" at ... Later in the day, a group of cardinals arrived in buses and entered through the church doors to pay homage to ...

He was buried at his favourite church, Santa Maria Maggiore ... 91-year-old Giovanni Battista Re. Italy has spent millions on a ring of steel security operation to protect the huge crowds and ...

Row upon row of the global Catholic Church’s clergy gathered ... the ancient Roman amphitheater that’s one of Italy’s most iconic sites, tourists and faithful lined the route to snap ...

Argentina and the home of the Catholic Church, Italy. She will be positioned between the Belgium King Filippo and the United Arab Emerites Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bid Zayed al Nahyan.

As one of the Seven Pilgrim Churches in Italy’s capital, the basilica features stunning 5th-century mosaics, a gilded ceiling and Baroque-era additions. Considering this, it almost feels ...