Messier claimed he is a "direct descendant of the Kings of France (Scotland, Aragon and Castille)." That branch of royalty, ...

One of the city's most ornate attractions – the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis – resides in the ... who surveyed the region for the King of Spain, Soulard still embodies its old-world ...

In record-breaking numbers, more than 17,800 catechumens will be baptized during the Easter Vigil on April 19, including 10,384 adults and more than 7,400 young people ages 11 to 17, according to an ...

We have seen that this fast began to be observed first in France ... and that St. Louis, two centuries later, kept it for that length of time; but as far as this holy king is concerned, it ...

Saint Louis, King of France, had visited Mount Carmel in 1254, and brought back six French hermits for whom he built a convent near Paris. Mount Carmel was taken by the Muslims in 1291 ...

Like that grand piazza, which Bernini designed in front of St. Peter's Basilica ... from the city was a trip to France in 1665, when he was invited by King Louis XIV to design an addition ...

Former visitors felt these popular global attractions offered unforgettable experiences despite the headache of navigating ...

Hulton-Deutsch Collection / Corbis The Hotel El-Djazair, formerly known as the Hotel Saint-George ... He had returned after 14 years in France to try to stop his homeland from sliding deeper ...

Pope Francis' surprise visit to St. Peter's Basilica to pray and see ongoing restoration work is a clear sign that his ...

Two art restorers were putting the final touches on a months-long restoration of the tomb of Pope Urban VIII, who in 1626 ...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Monday ruled in favor of the New Orleans Saints against a man who asserted that he and his family own property rights to the fleur-de-lis, which ...

The Archdiocese of Cebu announced that the Oslob church, which is almost 180 years old, has been named an affiliate church of the Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major located in Rome, Italy. "As an ...