With its prime spot on Embarcadero Plaza across from San Francisco’s Ferry Building, the hulking 40-foot-tall, 710-ton Vaillancourt Fountain is hard to miss — which is why its absence from recent ...

Unable to attend the Good Friday ceremony in person for the third consecutive year, the pope offered deep meditations for the ...

Against the ancient backdrop of Rome’s Colosseum, thousands gathered Friday evening for the solemn Via Crucis procession, where Cardinal Baldassare Reina carried the cross on behalf of Pope ...

VATICAN CITY, April 18 (Reuters) - Pope Francis, still recovering from double pneumonia, did not attend an annual procession on Friday at Rome's Colosseum with thousands of Catholic faithful for ...

Nearly 2,000 years ago, ancient Romans enjoyed a variety of snacks when attending events at the Colosseum. Recent ...

Vice President JD Vance is spending Easter weekend in Rome, where he’ll meet with a top Vatican official amid tension with the Catholic Church over the Trump administration’s hardline ...

procession on Friday night at Rome’s Colosseum. The Holy Thursday Mass, for example, during which the oils used in liturgical rituals throughout the year are blessed, was being celebrated by the ...

The first occurred in the 1870s when Rome became the capital of a newly unified Italy and King Victor Emmanuel II ordered the Colosseum and Forum cleared of rubble. Then in the 1920s and ’30s ...

procession on Friday night at Rome’s Colosseum. The Holy Thursday Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica, for example, during which the oils used in liturgical rituals throughout the year were blessed ...