The rise in spiritual tourism continues as more travellers seek destinations that deepen their connection to faith, heritage, ...

Such as the Basilica of Santa Maria del Mar. Located in the Gothic ... I’m going to take you all the way up to the Abbey of Montserrat. This attraction is about a 1-hour drive from the city. This is a ...

and he made a surprise stop at his favorite basilica on the way home before beginning two months of prescribed rest and recovery. The 88-year-old pope sat in the front passenger seat of his white ...

Pope Francis has arrived at the Papal Basilica to pray following his release from hospital after surviving a life-threatening bout of pneumonia. The basilica is a place the Holy Father often goes ...

The impressive dome ceiling in Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica in Rome.Credit: Getty Images However, the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel is not the only one in Rome. And the one inside the Basilica ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis will be released from hospital on Sunday after 38 days battling a severe case of pneumonia in both lungs that threatened his life on two occasions when he suffered acute ...

Francis later arrived across town at St. Mary Major basilica, where his favorite icon of the Madonna is located and where he always goes to pray after a foreign visit.

He made a short stop at the Papal Basilica to pray - a place on the other side of the city he often visits before and after any trips he makes, and where he has said he wants to be buried ...

Francis' motorcade from Gemelli hospital overshot the Vatican initially and took a detour across town to stop at St. Mary Major basilica, where the pope's favorite icon of the Madonna is located ...