Anthony Ianella alleges that he was about 10 years-old when the Rev. George Stark started sexually molesting him in the ...

Immerse yourself in the refined process of crafting a Buddhist altar, a revered tradition in Japanese art. Each step, from ...

The Vatican allows Catholic marriages to take place in the Chapel of the Choir in St. Peter’s Basilica and in the small city ...

An Andalusi tent taken from the campsite of the Almohad caliph Muhammad al-Nāsir was sent to Pope Innocent III after 1212 ...

The sanctuaries and temples of ancient Olympia are some of the oldest and most important in all of Ancient Greece.

Named to lead New York's vast Catholic diocese, Edward Egan was elevated to cardinal by Pope John Paul II in 2001. Look back ...

The diocese now vigorously screens candidates for the priesthood and immediately removes any clergy member credibly accused ...

The religions of the ancient Greeks and the ancient Romans, often simply called “classical religion,” are often viewed as ...

Depiction of a real tent used as altar-curtains Gigante argues that the ... factions supporting the Pope and the Holy Roman Emperor respectively. The convent was founded in 1249 by Beatrice ...

A 13th-century fresco rediscovered in Ferrara, Italy, provides unique evidence of medieval churches using Islamic tents to conceal their high altars ...

A former altar boy of a Roman Catholic church in Passaic is seeking $50 million in a blistering lawsuit against a former friar and the church he served, claiming he was sexually abused and ...