Scientists have succeeded in reconstructing the face of Saint Teresa of Jesus, one of the most influential figures of Spanish ...

Rome has been all gussied up for the Catholic Church’s Jubilee Year. An extra 10 million pilgrims are forecast, adding to last year's record of 22 million. More than $8 billion has been spent to ...

Pilgrims have been pouring into this medieval hilltop town to venerate not only two of the Catholic Church's most celebrated ...

Faithful leave the the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore after visiting the tomb of 15-year-old Carlo Acutis, an Italian boy who ...

Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims have been pouring into the medieval hilltop town of Assisi in Italy to venerate the ...

Carlo Acutis will become the Catholic Church’s first millennial saint at a solemn canonization Mass on April 27 in St.

Assisi, the medieval Italian town revered as the home of Saints Francis and Clare, is experiencing a new wave of pilgrim ...

Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims have been pouring into the medieval hilltop town of Assisi in Italy to venerate the ...

Among those recognized was Salvo D’Acquisto, an Italian officer who sacrificed his life at 23 in exchange for the lives of 22 hostages facing Nazi execution. Born in Naples on Oct. 15 ...

It was March 17, 1805, when Napoleon Bonaparte proclaimed the Kingdom of Italy. The Italian Republic became a kingdom – all under the blessing of Pope Pius VII. Bonaparte conquered the Belpaese and ...

As word spread, Catholic protestors gathered outside of the building, accusing the artist of Christianophobia. They later staged a demonstration inside the gallery with caution tape blocking off ...

ROME (Reuters) - European Union authorities are considering an accounting change that would increase Italy's towering public debt, two sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters ...