The Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta (Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta) is a basilica church on the island of Torcello, Venice, northern Italy. It is a notable example of Venetian-Byzantine architecture, one of the most ancient...

The Horses of St. Mark's Square in Venice have an interesting history. They have been moved around the world and have witnessed some of its great, and terrifying moments.

There are more than 250 churches in Venice, both consecrated and desecrated. Obviously, the sacred ones are first of all places of worship, but all together they make up a cultural, artistic and human heritage of inestimable value.

There are more than 250 churches in Venice, both consecrated and desecrated. Obviously, the sacred ones are first of all places of worship, but all together they make up a cultural, artistic and human heritage of inestimable value.

The first Temple of Hera, built around 550 BC by the Greek colonists, is the oldest surviving temple in Paestum. Eighteenth-century archaeologists named it "The Basilica" because some mistakenly believed it to be a Roman building. (The...

San Lorenzo basilica was the parish church of the Medici family. In 1419, Giovanni di Bicci de' Medici offered to finance a new church to replace the 11th-century Romanesque rebuilding. Filippo Brunelleschi, the leading Renaissance...

On the second day of his visit, Pope Leo will visit the ruins of an ancient basilica in the town of Iznik.

A downtown London, Ont., school building met a wrecking ball on Friday. St. Peter's school, built in 1959, is being demolished due to high maintenance costs and expensive repairs. A future use for the property at 535 Clarence St., beside...

The Catholic Church and Church of England will take a historic step on the path to unity next week when Britain's King Charles III and Pope Leo XIV pray together in the Sistine Chapel

Some of Canada's oldest buildings are places of worship, much like Notre-Dame Cathedral. Montreal alone has 450 churches that date back to the 1800s or earlier. That history is far less cared for, and far more vulnerable than you might...

Thousands of people gathered in the Polish city of Gdansk for the funeral of the city's mayor, Paweł Adamowicz, who was fatally stabbed last Sunday.



The service at St Mary's Basilica was also broadcast...

The Fourth of July will start off sunny with hazy skies by the mid-afternoon. Storms are possible at night.

Road closures are expected in Montreal this Saturday, with former prime minister Brian Mulroney's funeral taking place. Here's what you need to know to avoid being stuck in traffic.

Thousands of people lined up hours before dawn on Monday to pay their respects to pope emeritus Benedict XVI as his body lies in state in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican.

As Pope Francis makes his way across Canada on what he calls a pilgrimage of penance, some Indigenous people are making journeys of their own — some to see him, and many to heal from the traumas created by residential schools.

The 138-metre tower dedicated to the Virgin Mary is the tallest of the nine completed thus far and the first to be inaugurated since 1976.

About 10 million people visit the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City every year, but this time, church and government officials have asked Catholics to worship at home.

Police have arrested seven people for the knife incident, including attacker

Singing the Pope Leo XIV's praises, but some Brazilians are losing faith in the Catholic church.

Singing the Pope Leo XIV's praises, but some Brazilians are losing faith in the Catholic church.

The Vatican has confirmed that cardinals will meet in a secret conclave to elect the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church starting on May 7. Cardinals under the age of 80 are eligible to vote for Pope Francis's successor, and there...

Pope Francis was laid to rest Saturday at Santa Maria Maggiore basilica a a funeral mass at St. Peter’s Square attended by as many as a quarter million people. Francis died Monday at age 88 after suffering a stroke.

The tomb was opened on the second of nine days of official mourning for Francis, after which a conclave will be held to elect the next pope

Pope Francis has chosen a simple tomb inside the St. Mary Major Basilica in Rome. His burial request avoids the chapel altar to preserve it for Eucharist celebrations and Marian veneration. According to Archbishop Rolandas Makrickas,...