The Vatican Museums on Thursday unveiled the last and most important of the restored Raphael Rooms, the spectacularly ...

Among the most enigmatic figures on screen, nuns have enjoyed renewed cinematic popularity and a delicious secularisation in ...

The obsession with Mary’s virginity began much later when, in his gospel, Matthew, quoted Isaiah 7:14: “Behold, a virgin will be with child and bear a son, and she will call His name Immanuel.” ...

St Mary Major, around 2.5 miles from the Vatican, was dear to Francis because of his devotion to Mary, Mother of God. He prayed there before setting off on and returning from each overseas trip.

VATICAN CITY, — World leaders and rank-and-file Catholic faithful bade farewell to Pope Francis in a funeral Saturday that highlighted his concern for people on the peripheries and reflected his ...

Once inside, the pallbearers stopped in front of the icon of the Virgin Mary that Francis loved. Four children deposited the roses at the foot of the altar before cardinals performed the burial ...

Pope Francis was laid to rest in Rome on Saturday afternoon after a Vatican funeral for the “Pope among the people” attended by hundreds of thousands of mourners and world leaders including ...

Pope Francis often prayed at the Salus populi Romani, a Byzantine-style painting that features an image of Mary, draped in a blue robe holding the infant Jesus (Image: AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) ...