When the Vatican appointed the sculptor and architect Michelangelo to rebuild St. Peter's Basilica, he based it on the Greek ...

Pope Francis has been hospitalized since Friday, and on Tuesday he was diagnosed with pneumonia in both lungs, according to ...

With more than 900    churches, hundreds of palazzos, 10 World Heritage Sites and 280 fountains (the Trevi alone sees some 700,000 euros in coin donations every year), Rome can be an overwhelming city ...

The plaque, meant to commemorate the 50th anniversary this year of the Huntington Beach Central Library’s opening, has at the ...

Pope Francis has developed pneumonia in both lungs, the Vatican said Tuesday, after new tests showed a further complication ...

Artists and cultural figures must be "custodians of the beatitudes," embracing their vocation to create beauty, reveal truth ...

Pope Francis, hospitalized Friday with bronchitis, has a "polymicrobial respiratory tract infection," the Vatican said Monday ...

The work by American artist Bill Fontana transforms the resonances of the 9-ton bell into an immersive acoustic experience.

Welcoming me at the entrance of the Vatican Library is Don Giacomo Cardinali, commissioner of the Exhibition Hall and ...

We’d just spent 2 weeks traveling through Spain before taking a ridiculously cheap flight from Seville to Pisa for 9 euros ...

The scene in Jeddah is both surreal and sacred. Under the shade of the Western Hajj Terminal’s canopies at King Abdulaziz ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. Easter week begins on Palm Sunday, which is when the Pope holds a special mass in Saint Peter’s Square in Vatican City. Even though this is ...