Lonely Planet has heaped praise on the town's heart, the historic centre, calling it "pristine" and highlighting the Basilica di San Francesco as one of "Italy's most celebrated artistic ...

UNESCO Heritage Sites, stunning panoramic views, and crowd-free attractions await you within two hours from Florence. Grab a ...

A sequence of quakes in Assisi in 1997 killed at least ten people and destroyed a series of world-renowned frescoes in the Basilica of San Francesco. In 2002, twenty-seven schoolchildren died in ...

Pope Francis' surprise visit to St. Peter's Basilica to pray and see ongoing restoration work is a clear sign that his ...

The Diocesan Shrine and Parish of Saint Augustine in Baliwag, Bulacan has been granted a Spiritual Bond of Affinity with the Basilica of San Pietro in Ciel D'oro in Pavia, Italy. A Spiritual Bond ...

The recent restoration of the funerary monument of Urban VIII is displayed to journalists inside St. Peter’s Basilica at the ...

Pope Francis made a prayerful pilgrimage to the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore on Saturday afternoon, continuing the pontiff’s gradual return to public appearances ahead of Holy Week celebrations.

Pope Francis on Monday declared Spanish architect Antoni Gaudí “venerable,” bringing the designer of Barcelona’s iconic ...

Architecture buffs will want to set aside some time to see the Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph, a large Roman Catholic Church located in downtown San Jose. This structure is actually the fifth ...

Archaeology buffs might find the Basilica di San Clemente interesting as it's a veritable nesting doll of churches. It's a second century pagan temple, underneath a fourth-century church ...

A convalescing Pope Francis greeted the crowd in St. Peter's Square on Palm Sunday, wishing more than 20,000 faithful a "Good ...