Soar above the serene island of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice, where the stunning Benedictine monastery and its majestic ...

"Venice? No, I won't go to Venice," Monet had boldly declared in front of his friend and French novelist, Octave Mirbeau.

a Franciscan church that was built in gratitude for the end of the bubonic plague. San Giorgio Maggiore's main focus is also a church. The Renaissance-era church by the same name was created by ...

ROME — For centuries, historians and architecture critics have been embarrassed by buildings like San Giorgio in Velabro. The exterior of the medieval church is inoffensive enough: trim portico ...

Get off at the island of San Giorgio Maggiore, and take the lift to the top of the church's 18th-century campanile to enjoy a another spectacular view of Venice and its lagoon. Take the number 2 ...

Vladimir Grygorenko is decorating the dome of a North Texas Christian Orthodox Church with an iconic representation of the ...

The resident group Save Del Cerro filed a lawsuit challenging the environmental impacts of All People's Church.

A judge has denied the release of clergy records to a defense attorney representing a former Catholic priest accused of sexually assaulting an older member of his parish. In a hearing on Monday ...

Gaudí, nicknamed "God's architect," was declared "venerable" by Pope Francis this week, putting him one step closer to ...

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.

Built in the 17th century, the Church of San Francesco is also known as the Convento dei Cappuccini e Chiesa di San Francesco and the Capuchin Friars Monastery, and it contains many marvelous ...