A man has caused minor damage at St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican after jumping onto the main altar and knocking over 19th-century candelabra, worth several thousand dollars. Video posted on X ...

After the incident, Pope Leo ordered emergency purification rites "to restore the holiness of the place and ask forgiveness ...

The Holy Father spent much time before and after the liturgy to greet and bless the tens of thousands of pilgrims from his popemobile. Pope Francis greets tens of thousands of altar servers packed in ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — In a shocking rampage, a man vandalized the altar at St. Ann’s R.C. Church in Dongan Hills while Mass was being celebrated on Friday morning. A statue of an angel was broken and ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Students at Brother Martin High School gathered Thursday in the school chapel to honor St. Joseph’s Day with a traditional altar, continuing a custom that dates back centuries.

A family altar in the Maya city of Tikal offers a glimpse into events in an enclave of the city’s foreign overlords in the wake of a local coup. Archaeologists recently unearthed the altar in a ...