Some 50,000 people visit St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City daily. The 500-year-old structure, with its 448-foot-high dome, ...

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Dozens of drawings Michelangelo made while planning the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel will go on view at the Muscarelle ...

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The presentation of Jesus in the temple of Jerusalem shows that God's closeness to humanity is not confined to a place of ...

Public rosaries to pray for the sick will be held 6:30 p.m. Feb. 13 at St. Clement Roman Catholic Church, 114 Lindberg Ave., Upper Yoder Township, and noon Feb. 15 in the St. Anne Shrine at St. John ...

Pope Francis on Sunday called for a unified Easter date among Christian churches in the spirit of promoting unity. "It is a ...

The once-powerful archbishop of Lima, Peru and the first-ever cardinal of Opus Dei acknowledged Saturday that the Vatican had ...

The Holy Doors of the basilicas of Rome, the beautiful churches, the countryside around Assisi, the gelato and the pasta and ...

WITH ruthless ambition, suspense and even spies, hit movie Conclave lays bare the fight to succeed as a new Pope. The ...