Unbeknownst to a group of researchers digging near a small Italian town, a Christian basilica once stood in a Roman military ...

St. Cecilia, widely known as the patron saint of music and musicians, is buried in the Basilica of St. Cecilia in the Roman ...

Here are three things to know about the historical, architectural, and spiritual significance of the Basilicas of Sts. Peter ...

COMMENTARY: A physician’s study of the Sudarium of Manoppello brings a new look at the ‘dazzling brightness of Christ’s face’ ...

Photo by the Austrian Academy of Sciences Unbeknownst to a group of researchers digging near a small Italian town, a Christian basilica once stood in a Roman military colony. Thousands of years ...

The basilica, consecrated on Nov. 18, 1626, is a place of beauty and transcendence, prayer and worship. It is a place made ...

Vincenzo Randazzo wasn’t 100 percent sure how this stop was going to work out. It was June, and he was on a bus with 20-some college students winding along the rugged hillsides between Rome and Naples ...

Pope Francis’s down-to-earth style has become a trademark of his papacy. New rules for papal burials are another step to seal ...

Reflection on the Basilicas Today's feast commemorates the dedication of two of the most significant basilicas in Rome, ...

Pope Francis, who has shunned much of the pomp and privilege of leading the global Catholic Church, has decided that a simple ...

From November 17-22, churches and other buildings will be illuminated in red to raise awareness about the persecution of ...