Designed by Simone Legno, the mascot with big blue eyes and blue hair, and rosary beads around her neck, represents a Catholic ... In the church of Santa Prassede, Rome, Giovanni de Montpoli ...

Clergy assemble for a photo during the Third International Convocation of the Confraternity of Catholic ... ROME — Priests in the West today are facing a raft of challenges, from declining ...

Homan also called on Pope Francis to focus on addressing issues within the Catholic Church, saying "The Pope ought to stick to the Catholic Church and fix that. That's a mess." NEW: Border Czar ...

It may surprise most people to know that there are many different rites within the Catholic Church ... He is the Bishop of Rome, Vicar of the universal Church, Primate of Italy; hmong others.

The work is a terracotta model of the statue Bernini made for a fountain in the Piazza Navona in Rome in 1653. It then came into the possession of an Italian family. The sculptor was an important ...

The Roman Catholic Church has consistently condemned abortion — the direct and purposeful taking of the life of the unborn child. In principle, Catholic Christians believe that all life is ...

a historic church in the Northern Liberties section of Philadelphia is coping with an act of vandalism. This time, someone stole a decades-old baby Jesus statue from a Christmas nativity inside ...

An investigation is underway after an individual stole a Baby Jesus statue from a church in Philadelphia earlier this month. The Philadelphia Police Department said a police report was made on Jan ...

A Jan. 25 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) claims a statue of George Floyd, the Black man whose death at the hands of a white police officer sparked nationwide racial justice protests in ...

Tough guy Rocky Sullivan (James Cagney) and Catholic priest ... O’Flaherty defied church authorities to play a cat and mouse game with the head of the Gestapo in Rome, Herbert Kappler ...

The statue that dates back to the Hellenistic period, which covers the time between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and the conquest of Egypt by Rome in 30 BC, according to the History ...

A man of faith, John was a member of St. Cecilia Catholic Church in Rochester. John's pride and joy were his children and grandchildren. He is survived by his loving daughter and son-in-law ...