Across the expansive, green grounds of St. John the Apostle Church in Leesburg lies a small cemetery. Beside the cemetery ...

More than 3,000 people have signed a petition urging the owners of a chapel-turned bar in a Maryland Marriott property to abstain from serving liquor from the former high altar. Catholics are ...

And as the cardinals approach the chapel's altar to cast their ballots, they will be walking toward Michelangelo's floor-to-ceiling vivid illustration of the "Last Judgment." Here's how Robert ...

Being a devoted Catholic on a mostly secular campus can be challenging; Swantek says he’s never felt “more needed as a priest.” He is proud of the tight-knit, welcoming Catholic community that he ...

You then hover nervously outside the vestry until the Dean arrives to put the incense into the thurible (a move that somehow ...

the small elevated section behind the altar. Here, they sit arranged by voice type in a set of purposefully built choir stalls. The Chapel’s incredible acoustics allow the Choir to sing without ...

The chapel also came with some extras. In addition to an altar from the early Gothic era, Gavin had added to the structure what was known as the Joan of Arc Stone. According to legend, the future ...

In a process shrouded in secrecy, the Sacred College of Cardinals is gearing up to elect Pope Francis' successor inside the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel, renowned for its extensive Renaissance art ...

Borough police said he lit some type of explosive on the altar of the Blessed Teresa of Calcutta Parish on West Mahanoy Street. The parish chapel is usually open 24 hours a day; now, caution tape ...