Pope Leo XIV prayed at the Basilica of St. Mary Major following the Mass where he took possession of the Basilica of St. John ...

A Catholic parish in western Russia was forced to remove an icon of a martyr and a memorial plaque to a bishop both of whom ...

In the Basilica of St. Mary Major, Pope Leo XIV venerates the icon of Maria Salus Populi Romani, prays in front of the tomb ...

Roman Catholic faithful began visiting the tomb of Pope Francis on Sunday, filing past the simple white tomb in St. Mary Major Basilica a day after he was bade farewell by the powerful of the ...

Pope Francis prayed to the icon asking Mary to heal the infected and put an end to the pandemic. But the basilica’s ornamentation also conveys a message of Catholic hope for heaven, Schmidt ...

Santacruzan is a Filipino tradition that combines Catholic devotion and cultural pageantry. Held at the end of May, it honors ...

Francis has chosen to be buried in St. Mary Major Basilica, where his favorite icon of the Virgin Mary ... Any baptized Roman Catholic male is eligible to be pope, but since 1378, only cardinals ...

Roman Catholic faithful began visiting the ... Francis chose his place of burial in St. Mary Major Basilica, near an icon of the Madonna that he revered, because it reflects his “humble, simple ...