Even in the last years of his life, despite significant health problems, Pope Francis was seen in a wheelchair praying in ...

Despite the papal tradition of a St. Peter’s Basilica burial, it’s expected that Pope Francis will be laid to rest elsewhere, ...

The Feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, celebrated annually on November ... first documented in the 11th century within the Byzantine Catholic Church. It was introduced into ...

Panagia Vefa is a Greek Orthodox church in Istanbul, Turkey, where people of all faiths come to make a wish on the first day ...

surviving when Byzantine emperors banned the use of religious images. A depiction of Christ, the Virgin Mary, archangels and apostles was chopped into pieces and sold on the black market in the ...

While many popes are buried under St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican, Pope Francis will not continue that trend. In December, Pope Francis said he wanted to be buried in the Rome basilica of St. Mary ...