Pope Francis chose his place of burial in St. Mary Major Basilica, near an icon of the Madonna that he revered, because it ...

In the article, Daniel Silliman described the work of a Bible scholar who has proposed the possibility, based on historical ...

The Getty Museum has bolstered its collection of Spanish works with a painting by 16th-century master Luis de Morales.

Pope Francis' favorite painting was Marc Chagall's "White Crucifixion." Here's what the Nazi-era artwork teaches about the ...

Close to 200 local Catholics once again began their Easter weekend on Good Friday, April 18, by watching as Centralia's St. Mary's and Chehalis' St. Joseph's Catholic parishes perform the Stations of ...

Clarence Jordan was once explaining to a Georgia farmer about why his Christian community was…different. Part of that ...

Easter Monday—at 88 from a cerebral stroke. The Vatican confirmed his death, which followed recent hospitalizations due to a ...

Sacred art and icons—often believed to confer divine gifts and powers to the faithful—began to flourish in the Second Century ...

QURAYE, Lebanon (AP) — It’s become a Good Friday tradition in Quraye: residents and visitors converging on the southern ...

The Stations of the Cross observes Jesus' passion and death on the cross. Each year millions of Christians participate in the devotion during Lent.

From the location of the “place of skulls” to ancient Jewish burial rites, here’s what archaeologists do—and don’t—know about the truth behind the Easter story.

The annual procession took place along the Via Dolorosa, also known as the Path of Sorrow. The route is believed to be the ...