The Eastern Orthodox Church honors Saint George and refers to him as a “Great Martyr.” The traditional legends have offered a ...

Pope Francis’s tweaks are mostly focused on simplifying the ceremonies and eliminating unnecessary ornamentation. For example, he requested that the Vatican use just one coffin for the body of a ...

All eyes turned to St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome, the heart of the Catholic Church and home ... With dignity, but like any other Christian,” he states. Saint Mary Major is the most significant ...

Political and religious leaders ... Tradition holds that the icon was made by Saint Luke the Evangelist, the patron saint of painters. In the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, Francis ...

Political and religious ... whom he made a saint in 2016.Credit...Alessandra Tarantino/Associated Press Pope Francis canonized more saints over the dozen years he led the Roman Catholic Church ...

Pope Francis made more than 100 visits to the basilica since becoming pope, most notably to venerate the icon ... whom is a saint. (Information on each pope comes from the 1917 Catholic ...

Languages: English Pope Francis' passing has set in motion a meticulously orchestrated series of events honoring the life and legacy of the 266th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church. The Vatican ...

Coffin of Pope Francis sealed after 250,000 pay homage to head of Catholic Church - Pope Francis’s coffin was sealed after a ...

At All Saints Shrine, there are first-class relics of Teresa of ávila, Thomas More, John Fisher, Padre Pio and Pope Pius X, ...

He also had a personal devotion to particular saints, including these three: ...