The precious vestments, the solemn music, the scent of incense: Filippo Sorcinelli has been fascinated by the sacred since childhood. Thanks to his many talents, he has embraced every manifestation of ...

More of Caravaggio’s religious paintings are in chapels downtown Rome. The Conversion of Saul, an early version of which is in the exhibit, and the Crucifixion of Peter are in Santa Maria del Popolo, ...

His choice of papal name — Francis — was itself unprecedented. Inspired by Saint Francis of Assisi, the Pope embraced a model of compassion, detachment from material wealth and kinship with creation.

ROME — The Roman basilica of the Augustinians — Pope Leo XIV’s religious order — preserves an iconic painting of the Virgin Mary by Caravaggio, the blockbuster artist who revolutionized the use of ...

After months of restoration, right now the Cathedral Basilica's Angel of Harmony Statue is standing tall once again. Private company pulls land deal involving Florida wildlife preserve after ...

Pope Leo XIV gives his blessing at the conclusion of a visit to the Basilica of St. Paul Outside ... true neighbors to one another (cf. Francis, homily at second vespers of the solemnity of the ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Kitten season is going on until summer. Angels of Assisi is asking for supplies to take care of the influx of kittens that are expected to come to the shelter. Carol Jessee ...

On Oct. 4, Roman Catholics celebrate the feast of St. Francis of Assisi, the Italian deacon who brought renewal to the Church through his decision to follow Jesus' words as literally as possible. On ...

When I first saw Giotto’s fresco cycle “The Legend of St. Francis” in the upper church of the Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi—a small Italian town two hours from Rome by train—I ...

In the 15th century, King Louis XI of France, ill and seeking a cure, asked for St. Francis of Paola, a Calabrian friar, to come to France to heal him. “When he arrived … he told the king ...

The papal apartment, which is a series of rooms wrapping around the Vatican’s Sixtus V Courtyard, was the traditional home of pontiffs for over a century before Pope Francis eschewed those ...