One of the questions I hear most often is whether it’s worth visiting the most popular tourist attractions in Europe, or if they’re too overhyped to live up to their reputations? The truth is that ...

The Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation on Friday announced 20 New York landmarks nominated for historic ...

Catholics walk in the annual Catholic Pentecost pilgrimage from Paris to Chartres in 2023. This year’s pilgrimage drew more ...

The Story of the Chronovisor Vatican City is an inspirational place. You don't need to be Catholic or even religious to appreciate the architecture, art, and the city's historical significance. But ...

At the Protestant Revolution, rood screens were demolished and altar rails became the boundary markers between the nave and ...

Elevated to a minor basilica by Pope John Paul II in 1993, this sacred Ugandan landmark has become a global pilgrimage ...

Here, Sylvia Poggioli talks about the challenges of covering the Vatican ... of baroque architecture. And baroque is essentially the glorification of the Catholic Church's temporal power.

The question facing the conclave is whether the cardinals want to continue in the direction set by Pope Francis.

To be in Vatican ... of art, architecture and faith. It has been witness to centuries of turbulent history, when faith has been tested and the path of the Catholic Church has been shared and ...

Pope Francis was the spiritual leader of the world’s 1.3 billion Catholics, head of state of the Vatican ... II, the Orthodox Christian archbishop of Athens and head of the Greek Orthodox Church ...

Credit: Myrabella / Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 When the Vatican ... by a church design that takes the shape of a Greek cross, featuring a square central mass and four arms of equal length. This ...

At St. Maria Goretti, once steeped in the ethos of Vatican II, many parishioners saw the ... She can’t stand modern church architecture. She’s seriously considering becoming a nun.