On the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, Pope Francis celebrated the Byzantine Divine Liturgy and called Christianity without the Cross worldly and sterile. “Crucifixes are found all ...

VATICAN CITY -- One of the gems of the Vatican's priceless religious art collection -- a 6th century reliquary containing what is revered as fragments of the cross on which Jesus was crucified ...

Belgian police are searching for a priceless Byzantine cross and other treasures stolen during an armed robbery from a cathedral in Tournai, western Belgium. Despite an alarm system and protective ...

A deliberately-concealed silver cross inlaid on the obverse of a Byzantine weight was discovered at Hippos (Sussita) in northern Israel during University of Haifa excavations at the site, the ...

She touched the face of Christ etched into the center of the cross no bigger than one’s palm. She spent about 10 minutes in the church and then silently left.

Small metal plates and a tiny cross were found near the abdomen of the skeleton. Remains of woman buried with chains near Jerusalem are first evidence of women practicing extreme asceticism in ...