For over 600 years carpets from Anatolia, Turkey and Persia have been used in Catholic ceremony and religious paintings by ...

A lonely Van Gogh painted postman Joseph Roulin and his family in a creative frenzy. The portraits, on view at MFA Boston, ...

Around St. Peter’s Square, the pope offered services to the homeless and migrants, in ways that often did not go down well ...

Prime Healthcare, which took over St. Joseph in March, said the hospital's resources could be better used elsewhere given the ...

The subject of numerous controversies, she is defined by ambiguity, welcoming outcasts to the Church and provoking more ...

Maryland Opera was formed from the ashes of the former Baltimore Opera Company, which abruptly liquidated its assets and shut ...

Spring Fiesta House to celebrate his coronation. The requested attire was “elegant Mardi Gras dress.” The courtly procession ...

A new mural in Eastern Market, dedicated to St. Joseph the Worker, was painted in 2024 and is situated across Gratiot Avenue from St. Joseph Shrine. The mural was funded by St. Joseph parishioners and ...

More than 200,000 people are expected to attend Pope Francis's funeral in St Peter's Square. He will then be buried in Rome's ...

The death of Pope Francis now sets off a series of carefully orchestrated rites and rituals. Here's what to know.

A change in popes is a complicated process. Here are the need-to-know terms — some of them in Latin — to help make sense of ...

The funeral rites take place in three parts, called stations. The first takes place in the pope’s private chapel, after ...