Pope Francis will be buried in St. Mary Major church, not Saint Peter's Basilica, in a break with tradition.

Police are investigating a burglary at St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church in Center City in which a 125-year-old golden crown resting on top of a marble statue of the Virgin Mary was ...

Pope Francis to be buried in Saint Mary Major church, not Saint Peter's basilica, in a break with tradition and sign of humility.

Above the door of the church in the last blocks of Chicago, the Virgin Mary still stands with her arms wide open. The double doors beneath the statue’s feet are shut, but a disintegrating wooden ...

Many sites associated with past popes have become museums or holy destinations for the faithful. But Pope Leo XIV’s childhood church closed years ago.

This stained glass window of “Mary the Virgin” has been a fixture in the sanctuary at St. Mary’s Church for decades. Mark Guydish Photo The oil painting of the Crucifixion with Mary the ...

Cardinal Víctor Fernández wrote that any attempts to identify a Puerto Rican missionary as Jesus Christ or the Virgin Mary should be avoided.

Last month's deadly church bombing outside Syria's capital is raising fears among the country's minority Christians. Some are ...

Located in Woodburn is a little church in need of some big love, a feat the St. Mary’s Historical Church committee is willing to take on, helped along with a Pillars Grant from the Clarke County ...

Pope Francis Buried at St. Mary Major, a Church with 'Very Beautiful' Connection to His Faith “It's very beautiful that he's going back, having concluded his ministry, to the place where it ...