More than 250,000 people paid their respects to the pontiff at his funeral in front of St. Peter’s Basilica, the Vatican said ...

Massive, gilded floats carry statues of Christ and the Virgin Mary through narrow streets ... It is a centuries-old tradition rooted in medieval Catholicism and woven into the very fabric of ...

The facade acts like an iconostasis—or in the medieval West ... He was pointing to the statue of Mary in front of which I had seen so many people devoutly praying. Here again, you can note ...

From its wellness to evening indulgences and elegant architecture, Bath combines beauty and hospitality better than most.

A colossal Virgin Mary gazes down from a gilded apse, bejewelled angels pose majestically, and stoic saints sit statue-like atop ... Padua is home to one of the medieval master Giotto’s most ...

Known as the “Golden City of 100 Spires,” Prague boasts a fairy-tale medieval Old Town ... Jan Hus and a Bernini-inspired Virgin Mary. The original statue of Mary, erected in 1652, honored ...

Having been founded around the start of the 12th Century, the original medieval church was destroyed in the Great Fire in ...

The month of May holds a cherished place in the heart of the Catholic Church. It is more than just a time of blooming flowers ...

Shuran Huang Other historical questions followed: How did medieval craftsmen lift the enormous ... donned a hard hat and said a Hail Mary, invoking the saint for whom the French cathedral had ...

In medieval times, the Normans built a castle here, now an enchanting ruin overlooking the town. However, Llandovery’s most striking monument is a modern one: a dramatic steel statue of Llywelyn ...

The Old Town is no longer surrounded by fortifications as it was during medieval times ... which translates as “Mary's Square.” The square is surrounded by splendid neo-Gothic buildings ...

the original medieval church was destroyed in the Great Fire in 1666, then became one of the 52 sites, including St Paul's Cathedral, rebuilt by Wren. On 29 December 1940, St Mary Aldermanbury and ...