The practice of linking a titular church to each cardinal had its origins in early church history, when the College of Cardinals was appointed from among clergy in Rome. Since then, the church has ...

The peaceful road through Rome’s outskirts leads to the Basilica of San Paolo Fuori le Mura, the second-largest church in Rome. Founded in the 4th century, it was rebuilt in neo-classical style ...

The ceiling of Rome's church of Sant’Ignazio di Loyola was painted using a trompe l'oeil technique, tricking the eye into thinking it is rounded, when it fact, it is flat. The church was built ...

Thank you for courageously accepting the Lord’s invitation to follow him, to be disciples, to enter the seminary,” Pope Leo ...

Vatican City, Nov 9, 2024 / 04:00 am. The most important church in Rome, the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran, is celebrating its 1,700th anniversary on Nov. 9.

Visitors admire the marble sculptural group “Ecstasy of Saint Teresa” made between 1647 and 1652, by Baroque architect and sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini, in the Cornaro Chapel of Rome’s ...

ROME — Allowing Anglican ministers to concelebrate a liturgical service at an altar of the pope’s cathedral was a cause of scandal for Catholics that should never have happened, according to a ...

SHERLOCK: At the basilica of St. John Lateran - the oldest public church in Rome, with gold leaf ceilings and towering statues of the 12 disciples - hundreds have gathered to pray.

The Catholic Church reintroduced handshakes during mass, according to a report Saturday. The continued loosening of pandemic-era protocols by the church was relayed in a letter from the Italian ...

The final resting place: inside the Rome church where the Pope will be buried Pope Francis to be buried in Saint Mary Major church, not Saint Peter's basilica, in a break with tradition and sign ...