Thousands of Minnesotans drive past The Basilica of Saint Mary during their commutes to work every day, according to Johan van Parys, the Basilica’s director of liturgy and the sacred arts. But many ...

Online visitors can navigate the Vatican basilica’s mosaics, the cupola, the underground necropolis and Peter’s tomb. A ticketed, in-person experience is also designed for the jubilee year, plus a ...

A renovation of one of the oldest churches in Florida located in downtown Pensacola sought to symbolically reconnect a Catholic parish to its long and rich history. The first incarnation of what is ...

DAYTONA BEACH — Gold chalices, faded black-and-white photos and vestments from the Vatican are on display at the Basilica of St. Paul. The exhibit called “125 Years of Catholic Heritage” fills ...

After the death of Pope Francis on Easter Monday, April 21st, 2025, his body was moved to St. Peter’s Basilica. Today was the last opportunity for mourners to pay their respects, as the coffin closed ...

An attempt to examine the church’s history through its architecture suffers from narrow understandings of “church” and “history” alike. My own church has a stone structure by a creek in Johnson City, ...

"Just like the unexpected movement of these three works of art, the historic elections of Pope Francis and Pope Leo XIV have ...

The history of the Catholic Church so far spans about 2,000 years. That’s a wide swath of history, a vast amount of time, and an organization that covers the entire world. The Church has been at the ...

My new book concerns the iconoclasm struggles of the eighth and ninth centuries, the battle over whether to venerate or reject sacred images. When I began this project, I knew I would be addressing ...