The unidentified man circumvented barriers that surround the altar, climbed the steps and urinated on the holy structure ...

Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, archpriest of St. Peter’s Basilica and vicar general of the pope for Vatican City, presided Oct. 13 ...

After the incident, Pope Leo ordered emergency purification rites "to restore the holiness of the place and ask forgiveness ...

Papal basilicas have traditionally been associated with a royal patron. King Felipe VI of Spain is the protocanon of the ...

A man reportedly urinated on the Altar of Confession at St. Peter’s Basilica on Friday before security removed him from the ...

The Basilica of Saint John the Baptist will celebrate its 200th anniversary on Sunday. Canton's first Catholic Church is also one of the oldest parishes in Northeast Ohio. CANTON − For 200 years, she ...

The first phase of the restoration will include replacing the copper-clad roof on the basilica’s dome, new storm drains and ...

Bratwursts sizzled on the grill, root beer poured from a keg, and a German band struck up a lively “oom-pah-pah” — the ...

St. Ann’s Basilica Parish is cooking up something special to commemorate the 100th annual Solemn Novena to St. Ann next month. To celebrate the centennial of its iconic novena, which begins July 17 ...

A church in southwestern Virginia known for its architecture, art, and prominent place atop a hill is the latest in the United States to be named a minor basilica. The former St. Andrew’s Catholic ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WSET) — Saint Andrew Catholic Church in Roanoke has been granted the title of 'minor basilica' by the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of Sacraments. In anannouncement ...

Vatican security removed a man who disrupted St. Peter's Basilica by climbing onto the altar, with Pope Leo reportedly ...